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For a braek from the insanity of recruiting to the sublime of buying recruits, the judge denies the defense motion for acquittal. The defense continues to call its witnesses this afternoon.

Judge denies acquittal in Young trial

By Gary Parrish
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January 31, 2005

Judge Daniel Breen ruled this morning to deny a defense motion for a judgment of acquittal in the trial against Logan Young.

The defense had argued that there was no law stating that former Trezevant High coach Lynn Lang could not take money to advise a player to go to college somewhere.

"This is a criminal case, and my client is facing jail time," said defense attorney Robert Hutton. "The crime has to be clear. At the time it wasn’t clear. It may be clear now, but it wasn’t clear then."

Breen ultimately disagreed and allowed the case to proceed.

The defense is expected to begin calling witnesses soon, among them former University of Memphis coach Rip Scherer and Richard Ernsberger, author of the book, "Bragging Rights."