Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
February 28, 2009
Another Year of Bonds?

Prosecutors in the Barry Bonds case are appealing the decision to not allow evidence in the case because Greg Anderson won't testify. It may be another year before the trial begins:

Unlike California state judges who must rule within 90 days on most matters before them or risk missing their paychecks, federal judges move at their own pace with no time limits placed on their deliberations.

That makes predicting how quickly -- or slowly -- the appeals court will act on the Bonds case a matter of conjecture. Legal analysts have said the appellate court could take as little as two months to more than a year to send the case back to U.S. District Court Judge Susan Illston, who would then need several more weeks or months to schedule and start another trial.

According to the latest figures available from the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, it took the 9th Circuit an average of 12.7 months in fiscal 2007 to decide criminal cases, slightly longer than the national average of 12.1 months. The 9th Circuit's performance in 2007 was an improvement over the average of 13.8 months in 2006 and 14 months in 2005.

Davey Johnson should invite Barry to play for team USA in the WBC, now that he'll be free for the rest of the month. After all, they have the strictest drug testing in the world.


Posted by David Pinto at 09:46 PM | Cheating | TrackBack (0)
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Uh, didn't Barry just have hip surgury a couple months ago? Might get in the way of playin' for Team USA......

Posted by: Zippercat at February 28, 2009 11:59 PM
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