Well, if it’s a day that ends in ‘y’ someone connected to the Real Housewives of New Jersey is in court. Today it Joe Giudice’s day. Nearly three years after Joe was arrested for presenting false paperwork (his brother’s marriage license and birth certificate) to the DMV to get a driver’s license despite being suspended for a DUI, the case is finally going to be resolved. Say what you will about the Giudice’s but one thing they do well is select lawyer’s. Joe’s lawyer , Miles Feinstein, has been pushing this case back ever since the federal indictments came down in an attempt to get the pretrial hearing set after the sentencing in the federal case. Had he allowed Joe to be convicted prior to sentencing that conviction would have increased his federal time according to the handy dandy little sentencing chart the fed use.
So today it court we learned two things. First, the federal sentencing date of October 2 appears to be “firm.” Based on the glacial pace we have seen the wheels of justice turn in federal cases in Jersey so far, I would not hold my breath but today everyone is pretending to be very confident in that date. So the pre trial hearing was set for October 15th. YAY! Joe will finally be held accountable for his crime after three years of wasting time and money in Superior Court! Whatever will his sentence be?
Spoiler alert: Joe is not going to do any time whatsoever. NONE.
Oh sure, he is going to be sentenced to time, but Feinstein and the prosecutor it seems, already have a plea deal set to deliver to the court on the 15th where they will agree so some amount of time equal or less than whatever the federal sentence turns out to be. Remember Joe already refused a five-year plea deal for the is license charge and is only looking at just under four years for all the fraud charges. In court today the prosecutor said that the plea deal would likely be served concurrently with the federal prison. So they will sentence Joe to say three years to be served in the federal penitentiary where he will already be serving the time for the fraud. In other words, he will not be separately punished for the local charges at all. There will probably be some court costs and money will change hands but that’s it. Case over.
Only in America.
There is a federal prison 5 minutes from my home on the Dix/McGuire Military Base. Hey maybe I will see Teresa at the Wawa on visiting days lol
Which would only be 2hrs from their home and 45 mins from their shore home.
holy crap..I just checked 1/2 an hour ago..nothing!! awesome
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 17:32:37 +0000 To: [email protected]
The driver’s licence “crime” is not much of a crime per se. The other Federal charges are and some of those will be the ones that will nail the rotund little slime-ball to the wall.
The license thing had a ten year sentence, he was offered a plea of five. He rejected it. His plea with the feds is less than four years! I find that incredibly low. This whole case blows my mind. You can knock over a 7-11 four 200 bucks and get more time.
On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 2:53 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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What I should have stated was that as crimes go it isn’t much, regardless of prison time penalties. It is basically a potentially victimless crime, and of course no violence involved. The 7/11 heist is many degrees more serious of a crime in many aspects.
Isnt it technically identity fraud?
Yes.
I just can’t wait for the sentencing! This has been dragging on forever. I am just dying to see what happens to both of them.
Wow! You’re right! Only in America! Oh, and they do well with Lawyers…
How the hell are they affording the attorneys ? For that matter how are the affording anything at the moment ?
The breaks these people get…would never happen to me.
Therefore, I do no wrong.
Ditto
I would like to vent and put the whole hellish post Katrina nightmare I endured ( i am white, lived in Bayou La Batre AL, the demarcation line for destruction) Katrina destroyed MS/AL line, I was in Madison GA when the levee broke in New Orleans , nobody remembers the hundreds of dead in our area.) ok girl, let it go. However I at least want to point out that I was threatened with providing false information since my name was listed as D12345 instead of D123456 on FEMA info. I provided driver’s license, birth certificate, marriage license. It was a horror story, so anyone who thinks it is not a big deal, IT IS. our government has enough to do with deliberate false information. We have relaxed, but I think that to abuse that system, is horrible. We all have a responsibility to make there job as easy as possible. We have become complacent and false information is a horrible crime. It is no longer a false ID so you can get into bars underage.
Yep the penalties for providing false IDs to a government official got very serious after 9-11. For everyone except Joe Giudice.
On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 5:08 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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So….what is Treseas punishment going to be ? Is she going to do ANY time ?
I know I lacked proper grammer in my post but I assure you that to even mention my issues is an excerise in self restraint.
You did great. Sounds like a nightmare situation, on top of what you all went through with Hurricane Irene. Hope things are looking up.
I have a horrible feeling that Teresa will get probation and a slap on the wrist. I hope I’m wrong.
I’m curious – you know how when you are a juror, you are not suppose let anything outside the courtroom effect your decision? Well when you are a judge, does the same rule apply? The reason I’m wondering is because, to me, their behavior, like being a TV show, seems to belittle the case. I feel like they have been sort of mocking the courts. If I were the judge I would give them a tougher sentence because of their victim mentally they have been displaying on this show.
I think the judge uses the law and the facts in evidence to determine guilt or innocence. In this case, the judge will determine if the plea deals are adequate.
What a great judicial system we have….they give these convicts every reason to commit more crimes when they are released. Apollo being the perfect example. I expect joe to do the same thing after getting this also on the hand
@ Kreality…..what reasons are you talking about? Nida is doing time again. Joe will do time. The times may not be as long as you wish, but that’s not a great incentive to commit more crimes upon release.
Of course it is. They gained more than they’re losing.
I hate our judicial system. It sucks.
How in the world are these two able to pay these lawyers?
I remember when the DMV thing was his biggest legal issue.
What about NeNes Son ? How is college or whatever paid for !?
Um college or whatever? He’s not even in school or whatever last we heard. He’s being “home-schooled”
On Sat, Oct 4, 2014 at 1:55 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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Hopefully not homeschooled by Joe and Theresa … Bbaaahhhahaha. ..