This is good news, right?
by Laughing Stock on Oct 30, 2008 4:04 AM PDT
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PrintI feel like Conquest Chronicle's resident legal correspondent with my second court related story in as many weeks, but here goes
An attorney for USC cornerback Shareece Wright and a San Bernardino County prosecutor on Wednesday said they are optimistic about reaching a settlement in Wright’s resisting a police officer case that would allow the Trojan player to avoid pleading guilty to a felony.
Considering the events detailed in earlier posts by Paragon, the situation surrounding Shareece's arrest seemed odd to say the least. In short, apparently Wright was at a party for a friend who was going to be deployed soon. When the police broke up the party apparently Wright refused to leave as he had been drinking and was planning to stay the night at the residence. He was not charged with anything at the time, but later on charges of resisting arrest were brought up against him.
Obviously, from the perspective of the university, it is definitely a good thing that Shareece will be able to solve this problem in a reasonable way. I honestly do not think that he deserves a felony, but at the same time he should know better than to even get himself into those kinds of situations and deserves some punishment. I am sure that it is made explicitly clear to each and every one of USC's high profile that they need to be wary of bad situations and that they are representatives of the university. Imagine all of the hoopla the national media could have created by pointing out the fact that an soon to be convicted felon had actually started a game for USC? Thankfully SC dodged that bullet.
However, stories like these are open to all kinds of spin. In fact, the NCAA phrase "lack of institutional control" springs to mind almost immediately. It is also easy to see how SC detractors could turn this story into a situation where "once again student athletes are above the law" (or something to that fact). USC has generally done a good job of handling media scrutiny and extra attention from the NCAA, but it really takes only one damning incident to turn the fortunes of a program. Let's just hope that USC continues to do a good job of controlling situations like these.
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He deserves some type of punishment?
What law did he break?
He went to a party and drank at the legal age of 21 with the permission of the house owner, and the intention of spending the night, rather than driving home.
He listened to the police, because otherwise, he would not have gone with them, despite the fact that he was not arrested.
This is bullshit. Period. I don’t want USC to take a hit, but he shouldn’t have to plead guilty for a damn thing.
Fight On! Beat the Wolverines!
Sorry
Late nights will lead to sloppy prose I’m afraid. I still believe Wright deserves some form of discipline, but I was thinking more along the line of being suspended for a couple games (or something like that). At a surface level, perhaps he does not really deserve a misdemeanor, or whatever he will be charged withm but I honestly do not know completely what happened. Again, sorry if I came off sounding like he deserved to be in court. Knowing from the experience of some of my family members, being involved in any kind of court case (civil or otherwise) can be absolutely miserable and I would not wish it on anyone for any kind of marginal offense.
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