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I told him that I pleaded stipulated bench.
He asked me what a stipulated bench was. And
I told him that I had a right to appeal the Judge's
decision.
He told me that -- "I thought I told you to
take a trial." But I knew he didn't tell me to take a
trial. And then he said, "The way I see it, you have
three choices. One is to go do my time. Another is
to appeal the decision. Another is to run away."
I told Vince, "Vince, what am I going to run
away for? It's just a gambling beef. Whatever time
they give me I would have no problem doing it."
Then he says, "I want you to appeal the case."
I says, "All right. I will appeal the case."
And at that time he kind of turned his head
and I thought he was going to -- he was finished and
we were going to go back. So I started to turn around
to go back when he told me, "What are you looking back
for?"
and going back."
I told him that, "I thought you were finished
He said, "No, we are not finished yet." So
we continued walking.
Then he asked me -- then he told me that
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