Article: Jim Bakker. (wins resentencing appeal)

Article: Cinnamon buns. (Jim Bakker's collapse at his trial ...
The Economist (US);  September 9, 1989 ;     700+ words ... ... Cinnamon buns YES, said the prison psychiatrist, Dr Sally Johnson, Mr Jim Bakker's astonishing collapse was perfectly genuine. And yes, said the judge, Mr Robert Potter, he was competent to continue to stand trial on fraud and conspiracy ...

Article: Jim Bakker Given Reduced Sentence; Term Cut From 45 ...
The Washington Post;  August 24, 1991 ;     700+ words ... ... judge today resentenced Jim Bakker to 18 years in prison ... S. District Judge Robert Potter because of remarks Potter ... saying it was a different Jim Bakker who appeared before ... unraveled in 1987 when Jim Bakker resigned amid a sex ...

Article: Jim Bakker Trial: 1989
Great American Trials;      700+ words ...Jim Bakker Trial: 1989 Defendant: Jim Bakker Crime Charged: Fraud and conspiracy Chief Defense Lawyers ... evangelist on charges of duping his followers. For years Jim Bakker's Praise The Lord (PTL) ministry had been the most successful ...

Article: Jim Bakker Case Goes to Jury
The Washington Post;  October 4, 1989 ;     700+ words ... ... arguments that portrayed PTL founder Jim Bakker as either "con man" or "holy man ... doubt." "You do not have any evidence Jim Bakker is a criminal," said George Davis ... was unclear if he was aware if Judge Robert Potter, whose nickname is "Maximum Bob ...

Article: Jim Bakker And the Jury of His Tears;Defense ...
The Washington Post;  September 29, 1989 ;     700+ words ... ... defense lawyers are preparing to put Jim Bakker on the stand here Friday. It is a calculated ... More than once, U.S. District Judge Robert Potter has gaveled the faithful to their seats ... doorknob at night. "Everyone says Jim Bakker founded an empire. Baloney! He walked ...

Article: Jim Bakker's Sentence Overturned; Appeals Court ...
The Washington Post;  February 13, 1991 ;     700+ words ... ... yesterday threw out televangelist Jim Bakker's 45-year prison sentence and ... said U.S. District Judge Robert Potter, who on Oct. 24, 1989, sentenced ... wonderful victory, not only for Jim Bakker, but for religious tolerance ...

Article: $$$ and Sins: Jim Bakker's Case Hits Court; In ...
The Washington Post;  August 22, 1989 ;     700+ words ... ... drove him from his PTL pulpit, Jim Bakker is back, in federal court here ... courtroom of U.S. District Judge Robert Potter, 66, nicknamed "Maximum Bob ... thing about this story is that Jim Bakker ... never 'fessed up ...