A judge on Tuesday agreed to delay a court appearance (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2797650) by Titans cornerback Rain Man Jones, so that Jones and his lawyers could better determine how the NFL might react to a potential plea deal.

Jones is facing felony and misdemeanor charges of obstruction. The factual allegations include a claim that Rain Man went Pacman on an officer's hand.

The appearance has been rescheduled for May 14.

It sounds to us like Jones is thinking about pleading guilty to something, and that his lawyer is hoping that the league will give him an idea as to what kind of a penalty Jones will suffer under the Personal Conduct Policy after a plea is entered.

Of course, there's no requirement that the NFL tell Jones what it plans to do with him if he pleads guilty to a felony or a misdemeanor, or both. Our guess is that the NFL will tell Jones to take care of his situation as he sees fit, and that the league will take up the matter after the criminal process is concluded.

Why is he seeking a plea deal? Most folks know he is not gulity :rolleyes: :suspect:

A lot of famous people do it even if not guilty.

:nono:

drink somemore :koolaid: you will be ok :))

Has nothing to do with Pacman, it is fact. It happens.

Plea to a lesser charge, no court time, no jail time, no high profile case, no major publicity, no money spent, may not even end up on there record etc.

A lot of famous people do it even if not guilty.

True & it isn't just a perk for famous people.

An individual may plead guilty to a number of lesser charges in order to avoid jail time. Police departments like the arrangement because it enables them to pad their stats & show more crimes as solved than what there really are.

Basically I doubt many plea agreements are made with criminals that are actually not guilty. More than likely both sides ar willing to come to a settlement than risk the outcome of a trial. Saying police departments are willing to cop a plea with innocent people just to say they solved a case makes no sense. The real criminals would still be on the street.

In this case I think Pacman's attorney is exploring pleading no-contest to 1 or both of the misdemeanor charges in return for having the felony charge dropped.

And it's possibly in the interest of both parties, since the outcome of the felony charge is probably very much up in the air. While I'm no legal expert I can imagine proving or disproving it would be difficult.

Basically I doubt many plea agreements are made with criminals that are actually not guilty. More than likely both sides ar willing to come to a settlement than risk the outcome of a trial. Saying police departments are willing to cop a plea with innocent people just to say they solved a case makes no sense. The real criminals would still be on the street.

Don't doubt it, it happens.

It obviously depends on the crime but the prosecution can accept lesser charges.

The main charge he is getting hit with is the bighting of the officer. That is pretty cut and dry. Why waist your's or the court's time? They are also charging him with a Felony. This could be really bad for our yellow power pellet eating friend.

that is just sad.