17
Aug
2007
Vick Update
Updated 10:52AM EST
According to court documents, two of the co-defendants that pleaded guilty to dogfighting charges this morning have admitted that Michael Vick participated in the “executing” of dogs.. The three men “executed approximately 8 dogs that did not perform well in ‘testing’ sessions” in April of this year. Still no word on whether Vick has accepted the plea deal or not. It is now confirmed that he had until 9:00AM EST to decide on accepting the deal or going to trial.
Updated 9:54AM EST
Shortly after 9:00AM EST and 9:15AM EST, two of Michael Vick’s co-defendants (Purnell Peace and Quanis Phillips) pleaded guilty in Richmond, Virginia in charges related to dogfighting. The news of this was expected following reports early this week that the two had decided to reach a plea agreement.
Michael Vick, according to several reports, had until 9:00AM EST this morning to decide if he wanted to accept the plea agreement that the prosecution presented him with. According to details, it would entail serving at least one year in prison (somewhere in the ballpark of 12-16 months). Vick’s defense has recommended to their client to accept the deal. It is unclear however if Vick has accepted the deal or if he is going to go to trial. There hasn’t been any sighting of Vick at the courthouse and there isn’t expected to be any today. If Vick did accept the plea bargain, he could have done so in a number of ways that would not require him to show up infront of the judge until early next week. We may not know until sometime late this evening or early Monday whether Vick will be accepting the plea bargain or going to trial starting, November 26th.
There is some uncertainty to the details of the plea agreements of Peace and Phillips. The first co-defendant, weeks ago, agreed to plead guilty and testify against Vick in the case of a trial. However, it is not clear whether Peace and Phillips pleaded guilty or pleaded guilty and agreed to testify against Vick.
As soon as I know more, I’ll let you know. Stay tuned…