Comments on: A “What. The. Frak.” newsday in Spotsylvania County. https://www.imsurroundedbyidiots.com/2009/03/27/a-what-the-frak-newsday-in-spotsylvania-county/ "Agitate, agitate, agitate!" -Frederick Douglass Tue, 07 Apr 2009 02:46:03 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: justice4all https://www.imsurroundedbyidiots.com/2009/03/27/a-what-the-frak-newsday-in-spotsylvania-county/comment-page-1/#comment-11469 Tue, 07 Apr 2009 02:46:03 +0000 http://www.imsurroundedbyidiots.com/?p=2042#comment-11469 John Doe’s probably right on the molestation case. Something else to consider: the 3 dropped charges are pretty detail-specific. It’d be pretty difficult to get a 4 year old deemed competent to testify, but if she were, it’d be unlikely that she’d be able to testify w/ sufficient detail to get convictions on those charges. With the way the sentencing guidelines work in Virginia… it’s likely that the guidelines may have only called for an a sentence of about one year on the agg. sexual battery charge.

As for the other story… who knows.

]]> By: Timothy Watson https://www.imsurroundedbyidiots.com/2009/03/27/a-what-the-frak-newsday-in-spotsylvania-county/comment-page-1/#comment-11379 Sat, 28 Mar 2009 10:16:56 +0000 http://www.imsurroundedbyidiots.com/?p=2042#comment-11379 A part of the story that I didn’t quote in the post:

Anderson’s charges stem from an Aug. 12 incident in which the girl’s mother found her daughter and Anderson in the basement of her home.

The girl was readjusting her pants and Anderson was tightening his belt, according to the plea agreement.

Anderson didn’t deny having inappropriate contact with the victim and told the girl’s family “I’m sorry” after he was caught, according to the agreement.

]]> By: John Doe https://www.imsurroundedbyidiots.com/2009/03/27/a-what-the-frak-newsday-in-spotsylvania-county/comment-page-1/#comment-11373 Fri, 27 Mar 2009 18:37:53 +0000 http://www.imsurroundedbyidiots.com/?p=2042#comment-11373 I’m a lawyer in Virginia. I believe what is going on is that the Commonwealth might not have independent coroboration of a crime. A defendant’s confession, without more, is not enough to convict. If there was insufficient or no corroborating evidence, e.g., no physical evidence, child too young to be competent to testify, then the CW only has the confession. I’m hoping that was what happened rather than just the Commonwealth Attorney is just incompetent!

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