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Ted Stevens Pleads Not Guilty, Will Ask For Venue Change

By Mark Jakubik

Senator Ted Stevens (R-AK) entered a plea of not guilty today to seven charges of filing false financial disclosure forms. Stevens was indicted earlier this week. His lawyer, Brendan Sullivan of Williams & Connolly advised the court today that he would be filing a motion to have the venue of the trial changed to Alaska, where mist of the witnesses apparently reside, the Wall Street Journal reported today. The presiding judge indicated that he believed Washington was aan appropriate venue, but invited Mr. Sullivan to file the motion nonetheless. My bet is that the motion will be denied. I would also be willing to wager that, unless he takes a plea, Stevens will have a very difficult time gaining an acquittal on these charges.* Really, good luck finding even a single juror who is not predisposed to believe that politicians in general, and old bulls like Stevens, are all corrupt to begin with...continue to full post

Full post as published by Philadelphia Criminal Defense Lawyer Blog on August 01, 2008 (boomark / email).