You don't want to accept that the judge officially accepted Clinesmith's guilty plea, and had moved on to sentencing.
You STILL can't or WON'T answer how a defendant can be sentenced WITHOUT a conviction.
Many cases go days, weeks or months after conviction before final sentencing occurs.
The bet was on conviction ONLY. Not sentencing, which only is scheduled AFTER conviction, which was Aug. 19, and a totally different procedure.
If there's a date in the near future showing conviction after Aug. 19 when the judge officially accepted his guilty plea (same as conviction) prior to the sentencing date Dec. 10., then you will win the bet.
I can wait until Dec. 10 sentencing, if you can. It seems none of this is recorded as final until sentencing in this federal case.
You STILL can't or WON'T answer how a defendant can be sentenced WITHOUT a conviction.
Many cases go days, weeks or months after conviction before final sentencing occurs.
The bet was on conviction ONLY. Not sentencing, which only is scheduled AFTER conviction, which was Aug. 19, and a totally different procedure.
If there's a date in the near future showing conviction after Aug. 19 when the judge officially accepted his guilty plea (same as conviction) prior to the sentencing date Dec. 10., then you will win the bet.
I can wait until Dec. 10 sentencing, if you can. It seems none of this is recorded as final until sentencing in this federal case.