Michigan WR Jerald Robinson delays hearing on destruction of property charge for second time
Michigan football sophomore receiver Jerald Robinson, facing a malicious destruction of property charge, has delayed his pretrial hearing for a second time.
Robinson is accused of destroying a parking gate Feb. 4, with the damage totaling between $200 and $1,000. Douglas E. Lewis, Robinson's attorney, requested the hearing be moved to June 25 as he tries to locate a videotape.
Jerald Robinson
Robinson arrived late for the hearing, and did not appear before the judge.
The sophomore from Canton, Ohio, participated throughout Michigan's spring camp and is considered a favorite to start at receiver next year
Robinson is one of two projected starters who currently is facing malicious destruction of property charges. Defensive tackle Will Campbell faces one felony and one misdemeanor count after allegedly damaging a car by sliding across the top of it.
The status of Robinson and Campbell with the Wolverines has not changed.
Kyle Meinke covers Michigan football for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached at 734-623-2588, by email at kylemeinke@annarbor.com and followed on Twitter @kmeinke.
Comments
UofMbeBetter
Tue, Jun 5, 2012 : 8:36 a.m.
Why wont Hoke just suspend Robinson from FB activities until the issue is resolved? The coach for the University of the State of Ohio suspended 2 starters because they got caught peeing on a alley wall while walking home from a bar. Take a stand Hoke, you have 2 guys going to trial this week!
jen777
Mon, Jun 4, 2012 : 10:05 p.m.
okay just posted under mixmaster's original post but i think there is a general attitude of more "who cares" now, or entitlement and it isn't just athletes. some of it is the media and 24 hour connectivity makes more items come to bear, i think athletes get attention that other students don't , and i do think there is a bit more selfish attitude than 30 years ago.
catfishrisin
Mon, Jun 4, 2012 : 2:56 p.m.
Another example of a "Michigan Man"
heartbreakM
Mon, Jun 4, 2012 : 2:13 p.m.
What I would like to know is why the judge keeps granting extensions? Shouldn't this just be done at this point in time? It is not a violent crime against another person, and according to the lawyer on earlier reports, it is a clear case where Robinson will be exonerated. How in the world is he late to a court appointment? My guess is that Robinson will not be starting at Michigan regardless of the outcome, at least this year. No way Hoke puts up with that. This young man represents the university, with a full-ride scholarship and is showing no respect to the legal system, nor representing himself well (regardless of the facts of the case).
heartbreakM
Mon, Jun 4, 2012 : 4:49 p.m.
haters will be haters, but I am pretty sure that Hoke is withholding final judgment about these players until the legal claims have finished. And let's hold our judgement about Hoke until we see what he does. Not everything the coaches do is for public consumption. But my statement above about what I hope for from the scholarship athletes is unchanged regardless of outcome.
SEC Fan
Mon, Jun 4, 2012 : 3:48 p.m.
"The status of Robinson and Campbell with the Wolverines has not changed." Seems pretty clear how Mr. Hoke is viewing/handling this. This happened 4 months ago.
a2roots
Mon, Jun 4, 2012 : 2:10 p.m.
@mixmaster...Still kids but because they are athletes they are in the limelight and held to a higher standard. Their non athlete counterparts pull just as many shenanigans but are left alone because they are not held to a higher standard. Should they know better, no doubt. But they are kids (ok young adults) and they are prone to do stupid things.
SEC Fan
Mon, Jun 4, 2012 : 7:06 p.m.
@A2...well, you talk about thugs everywhere but UM. Interesting the past week we've got two UM thugs, both of home apparently will continue to play for Mr. Hoke. Yet, everyone bad mouths Mr. Meyer at Ohio St. and here's how he handles misconduct by his players: http://msn.foxsports.com/collegefootball/story/Ohio-State-Buckeyes-starters-Jake-Stoneburner-Jack-Mewhort-suspended-after-being-arrested-060412
Tally10
Mon, Jun 4, 2012 : 7:05 p.m.
@HeartbreakM... What college did you go to ( " didn't know of anybody who did destructive actions that were borderline illegal " )? Is that when you learned to walk water??? :-) If AA.com was to print all the stupid things we did in college/life we all would have to leave our towns in shame.
a2roots
Mon, Jun 4, 2012 : 3:53 p.m.
@sec...Same tone as long as minor crap. Unfortunately your sec and osu thugs do things in a big way. Put em away and throw away the key. Hope you can hear me laughing. It is the nature of the beast and I could care less where they go to school. Many of my buddies would have certainly rather dealt with the courts than with their coaches. @heartbreakM...yes, same page.
SEC Fan
Mon, Jun 4, 2012 : 3:46 p.m.
@A2roots. Let these be Ohio State or SEC players and I wonder what tone your comments would have taken...
heartbreakM
Mon, Jun 4, 2012 : 3:37 p.m.
OK--media exposure is much more now than it was 20 years ago which is to the detriment of the students' behavior. I think we approached this problem from two different ways, but agree overall.
a2roots
Mon, Jun 4, 2012 : 3:19 p.m.
@heartbreakM...I'm not sure I excused anything. There are higher standards and expectations for the athlete but come on. Most of the crap that gets reported is a non story. Big Will does a car slide and it is big news. How many students have done this? Now of course he is bit bigger and most car hoods will not stand up to his bulk. The drinking part not good but then that probably made him think he was a bit lighter. Years ago this junk would not even hit the media. Sign of the times.
heartbreakM
Mon, Jun 4, 2012 : 2:27 p.m.
I think you are excusing this pattern of behavior a bit. When I was in college, I didn't know of anybody who did destructive actions that were borderline illegal, nor did I know of people who were arrested or brought into court for these types of things. Part of being in college is learning adult responsibility, and I think it is a process. The difference with the athletes, though, is that they are given full-rides with room and board, travel, and they indeed represent the university in a different way than the regular students. With that scholarship comes responsibility to the team, to the coach, and to the school. Obviously, football, basketball, and hockey get larger play than the other sports so we see news articles. I personally don't like excusing their behavior just because they are "kids". They must accept responsibility and if they choose to do things, face the consequences.
mixmaster
Mon, Jun 4, 2012 : 1:55 p.m.
Why does it seem that so many young athletes feel so entitled to act the fool?
jen777
Mon, Jun 4, 2012 : 10:03 p.m.
you only hear about a few athletes - what you don't hear about are the other students - like who vandalized the peony garden? i have seen number of broken gates at some of the parking structures, i tend to doubt they are all athletes doing this let's just say young folks, probably with a few beers, do stupid things - is it because we hear about it more now? or is it that attitudes of "who cares" has prolifierated? or both?