Believe me! I'd trade "old enough and mature enough" for young and rich any day. And having NBA groupies chasing me around wouldn't be bad either. I, frankly, don't remember the details of the courtroom proceedings and who did what to whom, but those ladies can get a little crazy also. I appreciate your concern for my welfare.
I'll never understand how all of Eddie's dope smoking, gunplay and jailtime have obscured the fact that he was a simple bust who will never be anything other than a mediocre NBA player.
he is on probation. part of his probation is that he cannot be in a nightclub or even in the parking lot of one. he knew this, but was still there. its his fault and no one else's. what a dumbass.
Here's a hypothetical, as I'm unsure about the details of EG. Frankly, he is a waste of reading on. Let's say pgabriel attempted to murder his girlfriend and there were witnesses. Fortunately, pgabriel didn't have a history of violence and so they gave him 5 years probation. Unfortunately, pgabriel thought it was ok to violate his probation. Wouldn't the average person that violates probation serve the remaining time in prison? maybe, maybe no?
As more than one attorney has told me, in Harris County, probation means you have a huge target on your back. ANYTHING, I mean the least little thing, will get your DL number run and probation revoked. Toughest place in the country on probationers. He may not have been doing anything but be someplace with the wrong cops around.
Personally I think this is one of the stupidest situations in the world. Not being able to go to a night club when he's on probation, that's just plain ignorant. If he screws up while he's there and gets himself into more trouble then throw the book at him, but other then that anyone knows if they were in the same situation as Eddie they certainly wouldn't be agreeing they deserved 15 days in jails for being at a club. I realize he put himself in this situation by being an idiot but our justice system is still rididculous. Michael Jackson molests children and gets off, OJ beheads two people and nothing yet Eddie Griffin is at a club and he goes to jail. Tell me what I'm missing here. On a side note, I agree he's a bust and a mediocre NBA player at best.
that freaking sucks...EG shoots someone and gets 18 months of probation... my friend stole something and he got 60 months from the same judge......
Come on, not even close to the same thing.... Apples to apples mate...apples to apples ! The difference is that EG was a witness to a crime in a night club parking lot. You can infer from that what you want, but if that is all the facts we have it is not that big of a deal. Fireworks in the city limits is not only illegal, but at the time they were shooting them off, it was damned incosiderate. EG was bothering no one.....the fireworks folks were bothering everyone. DD
i don't see why people are getting so upset. a lot of stuff eddie has done in the past has made me shake my head but this "consorting with disreputable people" is NOT A REASON TO GO TO JAIL. he should have fought that ****.
it is if part of your probation is to not consort w/ disreputable people. or if part of your probation was to stay away from nightclubs. there is nothing to fight. he broke probation. the do's and dont's of probation are crystal clear. i cant see why so many people have such a hard time understanding the seriousness of being on probation. there are certain terms that one must abide by or they risk going to jail. for example, if you are on probation for possession of mar1juana than you cannot be around pot smokers, dealers, ect. for example, if you are at a party where pot is being smoked and the cops come, you could be arrested and jailed for violating terms of your probation; even if you were not smoking. if you are on probation for dwi you cannot be in nightclubs or bars or even in the parking lots of them. if you get caught, you could go to jail. im not saying its right or wrong, just pointing out the way it works. eddie knew full well that he wasnt supposed to be there. he got caught and he has no one to blame but himself. i see a pattern developing w/ this guy. he will probably be like vernon maxwell - constantly in and out of jail. what a waste!
it is if part of your probation is to not consort w/ disreputable people. or if part of your probation was to stay away from nightclubs. but who the hell is to tell you who a disreputable person is??? i mean, the cops and courts are so crooked nowadays, they could say you hangin' out at your own brother's house is "consorting" with "disreputable" people. all i have to say is that here in san marcos a man was ARRESTED for jumping into a local river and SAVING A MAN'S LIFE! i just think that this whole situation smells.
Considering he had the legal opportunity to "fight that ****" and decided to take the 15 days instead, what do you think the reason may be that he didn't fight it?
^^^^ because some of the other situations stated above. the legal system is completely messed up. if he does decide to fight it even with great evidence supporting their case the judge could decide that's not enough all by themselves and sentence him to so many months. the legal system is so discouraging and unfair it's almost SAFER to just plead guilty or whatever and take the mandatory time than spend all that money and fight it and have an a$$hole judge say "ehhhhhhhhhh......i don't think so because I am the law" then throw the book at you.
