14 Quotes by Philip Hilder

Sentencing is prolonged to exercise some leverage over the defendants. I don't think the defendants are in any great hurry either. If they testify, the chances of the government coming to bat for them later on for a reduction in sentence is greatly enhanced.

Mr. Baxter had the utmost integrity and she respected him immensely. Mrs. Watkins expresses her heartfelt sympathy and prayers to her family.

Obviously someone had the key to take out the urn and put in the potato chip can. One would think there would be checks and balances, but there was an apparent systems failure.

From everything I understood he was pretty ruthless and feared within the company. There is not a lot of sympathy for him among former colleagues or among a lot of people in the Houston community who in a real way were damaged by Enron's collapse.

We were hoping the lawsuit would result in solid leads that would lead to the securing of the ashes, but frankly, the road was too cold and we were not able to locate them.

The government's case was coherent and made sense and was put in terms that the jury should be able to understand.

Everything the defense has said until now is rhetoric. All that matters is what comes in at trial. They may have tried out some defenses in the court of public opinion, and they will use others in trial.

There's nothing the government can offer them, and there's nothing they would take. This matter is headed for an absolutely certain collision course.

Prosecutors need to keep the jury interested. If the defense drags it out too much, if it all seems too complicated, a jury might think since they themselves didn't understand, that's enough for reasonable doubt about guilt.