UT Vol Duke Crews suspended indefinitely...

[Grub]

Suspended for undisclosed reasons. Expect him back before the beginning of SEC play.

http://slog.cstv.com/hangtime/2007/09/not_part_of_this_crew.html

[Cat Country]

You know that Pearl won't let the team suffer without him. I bet he gets reinstated earlier than expected do to good behavior......

[matt57]

indefinitely.......translates to until the season opens

[KapitalCat]

indefinitely.......translates to until the season opens

I wonder, this seems very serious.

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2007/sep/28/source-crews-suspension-linked-marijuana/

[DCWildcat]

He'll be back soon. For pot in Tennessee, if you're not caught in a car, have less than a felony possession amount, and don't have obvious dealing equipment, it's a slap on the wrist misdemeanor possession, probably no more than a fine, or at best a fine and some community service.

Also, are there any legal experts on here? UT's policy to allow a student administrator to search a room without the occupant's consent, even with probable cause, seems shady.

[ukwebfan]

Also, are there any legal experts on here? UT's policy to allow a student administrator to search a room without the occupant's consent, even with probable cause, seems shady.

He apparently signed away all rights with the LOI to UT. Did Mike Vick do the same? I read where he failed a drug test last week. Not an NFL test but one mandated by the court.

My question is why would a dog-fighting charge result in a court-ordered, blood sampled, drug test? To me these are apples and oranges. Are all other violators sampled as well?

[jkeller]

He apparently signed away all rights with the LOI to UT. Did Mike Vick do the same? I read where he failed a drug test last week. Not an NFL test but one mandated by the court.

My question is why would a dog-fighting charge result in a court-ordered, blood sampled, drug test? To me these are apples and oranges. Are all other violators sampled as well?

I don't know. Maybe they do that to all people on trial now, just to see what else they can get on them while they have their attention.

[Doug Hardin]

He'll be back soon. For pot in Tennessee, if you're not caught in a car, have less than a felony possession amount, and don't have obvious dealing equipment, it's a slap on the wrist misdemeanor possession, probably no more than a fine, or at best a fine and some community service.

Also, are there any legal experts on here? UT's policy to allow a student administrator to search a room without the occupant's consent, even with probable cause, seems shady.

I have a law degree, but that hardly qualifies me as WildcatNation's own Roger Cossack . . . .

I've forgotten almost every bit of law I crammed in my head for the bar exam in July, so I consulted my Emanual's Criminal Procedure outline. Based on this, it sounds like our boy Duke may have a good Constitutional defense:

"Most courts have refused to find that a college administrator can give consent to the police for a search of a student's dormitory room. . . . These cases have refused to allow administration consent even where the University has retained the right to enter the rooms for inspection purposes. Thus it was held that a regulation permitting university inspection 'cannot be constured or applied so as to give consent to a search for evidence for the primary purpose of criminal prosecution.' Piazzola v. Watkins, 442 F.2d 284 (5th Cir., 1971)."