Legal experts said they could not remember a similar case.

Legal experts said they were likely to be given community service.

Some legal experts say other states are likely to follow California's lead.

Legal experts say some appear to have a better chance than others.

But legal experts say that the judge was well within the law.

But to legal experts, that was not the central issue.

Even without it, though, legal experts said the case against him was strong.

Legal experts said it could take more than a year for the case to work its way through the system.

The legal experts also spoke out against those, especially party members, who thought themselves above the law.

Some legal experts say her track record was less clear.

Some legal experts say it happens more often than people would like to think.

But legal experts say that such a defense may well be far less effective in a Federal case.

Legal experts said the charges were among the most serious they had heard of since the cold war.

But some legal experts said the court might be able to move ahead if determined to do so.

Legal experts said tonight that some prison time was likely.

But the cable issue is far from dead, said several legal experts.

Some legal experts think these cases might be the beginning of a wave.

And that, legal experts agree, probably has little to do with the political debate.

But many legal experts say a deal could still be struck at almost any time.

Legal experts say anyone else would have been forced to answer questions and probably to stand trial.

But there is a more fundamental question as well, according to many legal experts.

But more serious problems could lie ahead, according to legal experts and labor officials.

Some legal experts said the report would have an immediate impact.

Legal experts have no trouble thinking of similar examples from the past.

There is general agreement among legal experts that they are not.