{"id":1105238,"date":"2021-12-10T07:30:01","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T12:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1105238"},"modified":"2021-12-10T07:30:07","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T12:30:07","slug":"jussie-smollett-100-confident-court-will-overturn-5-felony-convictions-for-staging-hate-crime-hoax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jussie-smollett-100-confident-court-will-overturn-5-felony-convictions-for-staging-hate-crime-hoax\/","title":{"rendered":"Jussie Smollett \u2018100% Confident\u2019 Court Will Overturn 5 Felony Convictions For Staging Hate Crime Hoax"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjussie-smollett-100-confident-court-will-overturn-5-felony-convictions-for-staging-hate-crime-hoax%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1105238&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Actor Jussie Smollett, now a convicted felon, is reportedly completely confident that an appeals court will overturn five felony convictions for stemming from a hate crime hoax that he staged on himself back in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Smollett was found guilty on Thursday of five Class 4 felonies for telling police officers and detectives a myraid of lies from the staged hoax that he tried to blame on purported Trump supporters.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/jussie-smollett-verdict-alleged-hate-crime-hoax-trial\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><em>Count 1 accused him of telling responding Chicago Police Officer Muhammed Baig at around 2:45 a.m., some 45 minutes after the purported attack, that he was the victim of a hate crime. He said two attackers put a rope around his neck. Count 2 referred to Smollett telling the same officer he was a victim of a battery, describing attackers beating and pouring bleach on him.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Counts 3 and 4 stemmed from Smollett making the same claims but to a different officer, Kimberly Murray, later that morning, just before 6 a.m.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Count 5 accused Smollett of again telling Murray at around 7:15 p.m. that he was the victim of a battery. Count 6 referred to Smollett reporting on Feb. 14, 2019, to detective Robert Graves that he\u2019d been a victim of an aggravated battery.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Speaking with reporters following the verdict, Nenye Uche, lead attorney for Smollett, said that the now-convicted felon was \u201c100 percent confident\u201d that he would be found innocent on appeal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe feel 100 percent confident that this case will be won on appeal,\u201d Uche said. \u201cUnfortunately, that\u2019s not the route we wanted but sometimes that\u2019s the route you have to take to win, especially a case where we remain 100 percent confident in our client\u2019s innocence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a human being; he\u2019s disappointed \u2014 but I will tell you this: I am very proud of him. I\u2019m very, very proud of him,\u201d he added. \u201cHe\u2019s holding up very strong; he\u2019s committed to clearing his name and he\u2019s 100 percent confident that he\u2019s going to get cleared by the appellate court.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJussie was not accused of doing two different things and he was accused of doing one thing, and charged multiple times for the same incident, a jury cannot come out and say guilty of lying, but not guilty of lying,\u201d Uche continued, \u201cIt doesn\u2019t make sense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom the first day of this case, his case has been prejudged, his case has been tried in the media, and it\u2019s unfortunate, this is the United States of America,\u201d he said, \u201cWe live in a constitutional democracy where everyone is presumed innocent but obviously, if we\u2019re being honest, that hasn\u2019t been the case.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He concluded.&nbsp;\u201cBut we are confident in our appellate system, we\u2019re confident in our Illinois Supreme Court and we\u2019re confident that at the end of the day, what\u2019s out there in the news media, and in the gossip forums are not going to stand a chance in court.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Related:<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/black-lives-matter-stands-by-accused-hate-crime-hoaxer-smollett-trial-a-white-supremacist-charade\">Black Lives Matter Stands By Accused Hate Crime Hoaxer Smollett: Trial A \u2018White Supremacist Charade\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actor Jussie Smollett, now a convicted felon, is reportedly completely confident that an appeals court will overturn five felony convictions for stemming from a hate crime hoax that he staged on himself back in 2019.Smollett was found guilty on Thursday of five Class 4 felonies for telling police officers and detectives a myraid of lies from the staged hoax that he tried to blame on purported Trump supporters.Fox News reported:Count 1 accused him of telling responding Chicago Police Officer Muhammed Baig at around 2:45 a.m., some 45 minutes after the purported attack, that he was the victim of a hate crime. He said two attackers put a rope around his neck. Count 2 referred to Smollett telling the same officer he was a victim of a battery, describing attackers beating and pouring bleach on him.Counts 3 and 4 stemmed from Smollett making the same claims but to a different officer, Kimberly Murray, later that morning, just before 6 a.m.\u00a0Count 5 accused Smollett of again telling Murray at around 7:15 p.m. that he was the victim of a battery. Count 6 referred to Smollett reporting on Feb. 14, 2019, to detective Robert Graves that he\u2019d been a victim of an aggravated battery.Speaking with reporters following the verdict, Nenye Uche, lead attorney for Smollett, said that the now-convicted felon was \u201c100 percent confident\u201d that he would be found innocent on appeal.\u201cWe feel 100 percent confident that this case will be won on appeal,\u201d Uche said. \u201cUnfortunately, that\u2019s not the route we wanted but sometimes that\u2019s the route you have to take to win, especially a case where we remain 100 percent confident in our client\u2019s innocence.\u201d\u201cHe\u2019s a human being; he\u2019s disappointed \u2014 but I will tell you this: I am very proud of him. I\u2019m very, very proud of him,\u201d he added. \u201cHe\u2019s holding up very strong; he\u2019s committed to clearing his name and he\u2019s 100 percent confident that he\u2019s going to get cleared by the appellate court.\u201d\u201cJussie was not accused of doing two different things and he was accused of doing one thing, and charged multiple times for the same incident, a jury cannot come out and say guilty of lying, but not guilty of lying,\u201d Uche continued, \u201cIt doesn\u2019t make sense.\u201d\u201cFrom the first day of this case, his case has been prejudged, his case has been tried in the media, and it\u2019s unfortunate, this is the United States of America,\u201d he said, \u201cWe live in a constitutional democracy where everyone is presumed innocent but obviously, if we\u2019re being honest, that hasn\u2019t been the case.\u201dHe concluded.\u00a0\u201cBut we are confident in our appellate system, we\u2019re confident in our Illinois Supreme Court and we\u2019re confident that at the end of the day, what\u2019s out there in the news media, and in the gossip forums are not going to stand a chance in court.\u201dRelated: Black Lives Matter Stands By Accused Hate Crime Hoaxer Smollett: Trial A \u2018White Supremacist Charade\u2019The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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