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As most everyone is aware, 5 days prior to the 2012 NFL Draft, Alfonzo Dennard was involved in a confrontation outside of a bar in Lincoln, Nebraska, that ended with allegations of Dennard assaulting an Officer. The trial takes place today, and if convicted, Dennard could face fines and up to 5 years in prison.

I may be studying Law and procedure, but I'm just starting out and am by no means an expert. But I am curious to gather inquiries about how this could affect the Patriots going forward.

What are the odds that Dennard is convicted? The incident occurred over a year ago, after all. If he is convicted, how does that affect the Patriots going forward? In my opinion, if Dennard is sent off to prison for 5 years, he will be released and resigning Talib may become a priority. McCourty may also be forced back to the Cornerback position.

There are many more far-reaching implications than those, obviously. But nonetheless, any thoughts?

Dennard's jury trial underway in Nebraska

Sciz

I don't see any way he's not available for next season. It sounds like there's a pretty weak case in the first place, and we've seen NFL players (Ray Lewis) get away with much worse.

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MoLewisrocks

Not much point speculating as we will likely know by the end of the day or tomorrow. Good luck to him, doubt he's being judged by a jury of his peers in that neck of the woods... I'm concerned because I'd have expected them to reach some sort of settlement long before this. Someone must have a hair across.

scott99

Good luck Fonzie ! I don't condone what you did, and hope the results of the trial are favorable towards Dennard, hopefully no jail time. There are two sides to every story, so hopefully his is good enough to not have jail time.

Froob

hope he hired talibs lawyer. been accused of like 4 dif crimes and never been convicted of anything

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patfanken

BTW - it should be noted that the officer that he's being charge with assaulting was off duty and not in uniform. It is highly unlikely that Dennard was even aware he was a police officer.

As far a I'm aware Dennard has no prior problems with the police, so it would be shocking if this ends up as anything more than a slap on the wrist at worst. I think they went to trial because Dennard's case is SO good that his lawyers wanted a complete dismissal. But then again that's just my speculation.

chasa

In other news, Carey Williams Stabbed commissioner Gordon this morning, and Gotham awarded him the key to the city.

PatriotDynasty_12

If the officer wasn't in uniform then I don't see why they feel it necessary to say "assaulting an officer". They wouldn't say "off-duty doctor" lol.

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PATSNUTme

I was hoping that this would have been pleaded out by now to a misdemeanor with a small fine and community service.

According to my pre-draft reading, Dennard never had any type of problems prior to this and was considered to be a model student athlete and team leader.

You never want to take your chances on a jury no matter how good you think your case is.

resdubwhite

If that were the case there'd be a few off duty officers getting into lots of off duty visits.

good luck Fonzie.