>
>> >>
>> >>> >
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >Stevens won't go anywhere until he's convicted. His case is under
>> >> >appeal. That means his day in court is still pending, therefore he's
>> >> >not convicted......comprenda poco uno?
>> >>
>> >> Hmmm...
>> >>
>> >> 'Seems odd that he would appeal if he had not been
>> >> convicted...
>> >
>> >He was found guilty.
>> >
>> >In order to be convicted you must have had your day in court. He has
>> >appealed, until his appeal is resolved he has not had his day in court. >>
>> Hello again,
>>
>> No lawyer I, but...
>>
>> According to what I have read "convicted" means "to have
>> been found guilty in a court of law" as Stevens has.
>>
>> Of course he can appeal his conviction, and no doubt will,
>> but that does not change the meaning of the word.
>>
>> Can you point me to authoritative definitions that offer the
>> meaning you have offered?
>>
>> All the best,
>
>"They do not include a final judgment that has been deleted by a pardon,
>set aside, reversed, or otherwise rendered inoperative."
>
>I suppose it could be called a reverse conviction if his appeal is >successful.
>
>
>
>"The outcome of a criminal prosecution which concludes in a judgment
>that the defendant is guilty of the crime charged. The juncture of a
>criminal proceeding during which the question of guilt is ascertained.
>In a case where the perpetrator has been adjudged guilty and sentenced,
>a record of the summary proceedings brought pursuant to any penal
>statute before one or more justices of the peace or other properly >authorized persons.
>
>The terms conviction and convicted refer to the final judgment on a
>verdict of guilty, a plea of guilty, or a plea of nolo contendere. They
>do not include a final judgment that has been deleted by a pardon, set
>aside, reversed, or otherwise rendered inoperative.
>
>The term summary conviction refers to the consequence of a trial before
>a court or magistrate, without a jury, which generally involves a minor >misdemeanor."
>West's Encyclopedia of American Law, edition 2. Copyright 2008 The Gale
>Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
Hi again,
So, based on the interesting material you have quoted, it would appear that Stevens was, indeed, convicted.
And that may well be overturned on appeal...
All the best,