Annapolis alderman convicted of groping mid

[unhappycamper]

Annapolis alderman convicted of groping mid
By Brian Witte - The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday Dec 3, 2009 18:21:17 EST

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — A judge convicted an Annapolis alderman Thursday of groping a Naval Academy midshipman in a car in May.

Anne Arundel County Circuit Judge Paul Harris Jr. convicted Alderman Samuel Shropshire of second-degree assault and a fourth-degree sex offense, which are misdemeanors.

Sentencing has been scheduled for February.

Shropshire, a 61-year-old Democrat who ran for mayor of Annapolis but lost the primary in September, was charged in May with touching a 21-year-old male midshipman’s crotch in a car.

“We’re disappointed in the verdict, but we understand the judge’s decision,” said Gill Cochran, Shropshire’s attorney.


Rest of article at: http://www.navytimes.com/news/2009/12/ap_navy_mid_assault_conviction_120309/

[brendan120678]

1. "disappointed in the verdict, but we understand the judge’s decision"

WTF??

Is he saying that he wishes that his client would have been found not guilty, but understands the judge's decision - because his client was guilty??