Hope Sykes arrested 1/20/2010

[Kimster]

I was looking for the jailhouse call from Hope to her Mom that they played in court today, but coudn't find it.

Here is the undercover drug bust vid with Hope in the back seat for review:

http://www.palatkadailynews.com/articles/2010/02/22/news/news0350.tnv

Thanks for helping with the link! Everyone, we already have a discussion thread for the video. Let's not discuss it here. This is about the ruling today. Thanks! :blowkiss:

 

[nnglas]

I was looking for the jailhouse call from Hope to her Mom that they played in court today, but coudn't find it.

Here is the undercover drug bust vid with Hope in the back seat for review:

http://www.palatkadailynews.com/articles/2010/02/22/news/news0350.tnv

Thanks, I had forgotten about this video. Doesn't this video negate everything that TN is saying about RC working with LE? He was totally unaware that the UC was LE. And he spent considerable time in the car by himself with him.

Also, am I missing something? What was Hope's role here?

 

[Helplessly Hoping]

Hope gets 15 years and is not eligible for the youthful offender program given her priors--but Misty has no priors so she would be eligible for that program. Misty just might NOT be sweating bullets right now. :waitasec:

 

[joeskidbeck]

Wonder what happened to all of the I ain't gonna's she spouted when talking to her mother on the phone? I would love to be a fly on the wall when Misty hears the judge's sentence for Hope. I seem to recall her saying the same things to her dad on the phone. I wondered then how they thought they could say what they would or would not do in terms of sentencing. Total ingnorance in both families.

 

[Kimster]

Hope gets 15 years and is not eligible for the youthful offender program given her priors--but Misty has no priors so she would be eligible for that program. Misty just might NOT be sweating bullets right now. :waitasec:

I'm going to open a new thread with this post, HH. I have lots of questions regarding how this will affect the rest of the gang.

 

[Pensfan]

Hope gets 15 years and is not eligible for the youthful offender program given her priors--but Misty has no priors so she would be eligible for that program. Misty just might NOT be sweating bullets right now. :waitasec:

Hope had one count against her and Misty has 6X that amount. Misty was 18 when she was busted, does she still qualify for "youthful offender" status?
^Please put this in the new thread. TIA

 

[CN2Souls]

Here is another humble thought of mine,
Cases I have worked with youthful offender program they do not take people convicted of trafficking.

Her sentence “Door to Door” will be minimum 13 years and max 15, with at least 5 yr parole and drug treatment as condition of parole. (if she stays out of trouble in there.)

Don’t know why but only Federal Prison is Day for Day on Max sentences.
Hope, Misty and Casey Anthony will all be going to Lowell Correctional Facility.

Misty and Casey because their last names start with A-D, will be house in the same building they may see each other often, Wasn’t Misty fascinated with Casey?

 

[Searchfortruth]

Are they all going up in front of this judge for the drug charges ? Doesn't look good for any of them. Someone better start talking, although I don't know if even that would do much for them at this point.

 

[Zoe Bogart]

On Hope's call with her mother, she hanged herself is less than five minutes! I'm sure they didn't have to play the entire tape. What a hard gal. Not much sympathy here. Not with that attitude and rap sheet. Wow. The judge was kind to give her 15 years, which is the minimum. She's actually lucky.

 

[krt]

He was there to testify on her behalf and to have her sentencing placed on him, so he told her. Like that would ever happen. RC a character witness. :crazy: Obviously these people have gotten away with a LOT in their sort lifetimes.

Such is the life of a martyr..........:angel:

1. Marry mc to keep enemy close
2. Continue relationship and drug trafficking to keep mc (the enemy close)
3. Wanting to req hope's sentencing be placed on him

Give me a break and a bucket to puke in!

 

[Pensfan]

Is this the same Judge that all the players have ? TIA

Anyone know the answer? Hoping they have the same tough judge!

 

[SoSueMe]

I suppose the "not guilty" plea wasn't working for her today. Was this a jury trial do we know?

Who determines the sentence?

She didn't plead "not guilty" she pled nolo, which meant she wasn't going to contest it. I have to say, even with a public defender, I don't know why any attorney would have let her plead that way.

I guess this takes care of what Ms. Sykes will and won't do.

 

[Kimster]

Hope gets 15 years and is not eligible for the youthful offender program given her priors--but Misty has no priors so she would be eligible for that program. Misty just might NOT be sweating bullets right now. :waitasec:

Let's discuss what Hope's sentencing today might mean for Ron Cummings, Misty Croslin, Tommy Croslin and Donna Brock.

Please back up facts with links and opinions with IMOs.

Thanks!

 

[passionflower]

Doc you have GREAT vision...that thing looks nasty

It is not on any other pix....look close it is a microphone sitting on the desk...........look at all pix in slideshow.

 

[azwriter]

Sad thing is I even blew it up and still thought that. LOL LOL

Chalk it up to an excited utterance.

Dr., you are forgiven. If anything, your discovery helped add a ligher moment to this very dramatic thread. You're still cute.
jmo

 

[1Chump]

what does all the bold mean...if anyone wouldn't care to explain. TIA!

snip~2010-03-01 26 ORDER ALLOWING THE OFFICE OF CRIMINAL CONFLICT AND
2010-03-01 26 CIVIL REGIONAL COUNSEL WITHDRAW
2010-03-01 27 CERTIFICATION OF CONFLICT BY OFFICE OF REGIONAL
2010-03-01 27 CRIMINAL AND CIVIL CONFLICT, 5TH DISTRICT
2010-03-02 28 NOTICE OF APPEARANCE, WAIVER OF ARRAIGNMENT
2010-03-02 28 ENTRY OF PLEA, AND REQUEST FOR JURY TRIL
2010-03-02 29 NOTICE OF APPEARANCE BY: MARCELLA BEECHING
2010-03-02 30 RECIPROCAL WITNESS LIST

It means that her attorney had a conflict in representing her in this case. Most likely, the "Office of Criminal and Civil Conflict" was assigned to represent more than one defendant in this case. You cannot have two attorneys from the same office representing two different defendants in the same case.

 

[Searchfortruth]

Ron tells Hope (during the ride to court) that the state offered him 25 years for a plea. I wonder if (after today) he may decide to take them up on that ?

 

[Helplessly Hoping]

Anyone know the answer? Hoping they have the same tough judge!

I don't know how it works in PC as Ron and Misty opted for a jury trial whereas Hope made a plea. Depends on the docket and the judge's schedule, I would think.

 

[passionflower]

I would love to be a mouse in MC/RC/TC jail cell right now.............

 

[grace60]

I am sooooo happy about this and have enjoyed all the funny and serious comments here. FL is finally getting serious I believe. I've lost 5 family members and friends due to these god awful drugs in the last 6 years. I recently took over 400 legally prescribed methadone pills to a hospital to be disposed of after the last person I knew died. I was terrified having them in my possession and told no one I had them. Once they were gone I told a few druggies I knew just to watch them cringe. Everyone said you could have made a lot of $$ selling them. Drug addicts do not care about the laws until they get caught. God bless Judge LaRue this is a excellent way to send a message to our young generation so they think before they ever want to try these drugs. Anyone know if it's OK to send the Judge a nice plant to his office to let him know he is my hero for the year?