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Manafort jury

Hung jury unless I was on their and it would be HUNG juror.
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I think they convict on some and acquit on others in a classic "split the baby" resolution. Nothing really substantive to back that up. Just a gut feeling in light of the question.
 
Convictions were for tax and bank fraud and one count of failing to file some form for foreign banking
 
So Manafort now faces a sentence of up to 305 years in a federal prison. But at least the other 10 charges were hung.

Sounds pretty serious to me.
 
His plea doesn't include cooperation.

If the plea agreement does not specify cooperation, can the PSR and sentencing memoranda include it if the defendant begins to cooperate?

There is no requirement that the plea deal contain a cooperation clause or agreement for someone to cooperate. A defendant will almost always be given a chance to cooperate if they want.

Really, a cooperation clause in a plea agreement does little for a defendant - unless it is a binding plea where the parties agree to a specific sentence (which still has to be approved and accepted by the Court). The only thing a cooperation clause does in the federal system is give the government the ability to pull any acceptance of responsibility credit (typically a 3-level reduction under the sentencing GLs) or void the plea if the defendant doesn't cooperate.

In short, the absence of a cooperation agreement doesn't mean sh*t. If he cooperates, there's nothing to keep the government from filing a motion for a sentence reduction, regardless what the plea says.
 
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So Manafort now faces a sentence of up to 305 years in a federal prison. But at least the other 10 charges were hung.

Sounds pretty serious to me.

I haven't looked to see what he was specifically found guilty of, but the charges will likely group under the Sentencing GLs, so don't expect his sentence to be anywhere near that range.
 
There is no requirement that the plea deal contain a cooperation clause or agreement for someone to cooperate. A defendant will almost always be given a chance to cooperate if they want.

Really, a cooperation clause in a plea agreement does little for a defendant - unless it is a binding plea where the parties agree to a specific sentence (which still has to be approved and accepted by the Court). The only thing a cooperation clause does in the federal system is give the government the ability to pull any acceptance of responsibility credit (typically a 3-level reduction under the sentencing GLs) or void the plea if the defendant doesn't cooperate.

In short, the absence of a cooperation agreement doesn't mean sh*t. If he cooperates, there's nothing to keep the government from filing a motion for a sentence reduction, regardless what the plea says.

Tier Three, what type of law do you practice?
 
There is no requirement that the plea deal contain a cooperation clause or agreement for someone to cooperate. A defendant will almost always be given a chance to cooperate if they want.

Really, a cooperation clause in a plea agreement does little for a defendant - unless it is a binding plea where the parties agree to a specific sentence (which still has to be approved and accepted by the Court). The only thing a cooperation clause does in the federal system is give the government the ability to pull any acceptance of responsibility credit (typically a 3-level reduction under the sentencing GLs) or void the plea if the defendant doesn't cooperate.

In short, the absence of a cooperation agreement doesn't mean sh*t. If he cooperates, there's nothing to keep the government from filing a motion for a sentence reduction, regardless what the plea says.

Thanks. I am not very familiar with the formality of the federal court process. But I figured this much, of course they will always welcome cooperation.

And Cohen is going to sing like a bird. He was chirping away at the plea hearing.
 
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