DA drops charges against Vol Jackson; no timetable on player's status

University of Tennessee football player Janzen Jackson walked out of court today cleared of attempted aggravated robbery charges, but his status on the team's up to another authority.
"That's up to Coach (Lane) Kiffin," said Jackson's lawyer, Don Bosch.
Prosecutors announced this morning they had dropped charges against Jackson and the woman accused of acting as a getaway driver in a botched holdup Nov. 12 outside the Pilot convenience store on Cumberland Avenue. Charges against two former players, Nu'Keese Richardson, 18, and Mike Edwards, 18, still stand, according to Randy Nichols, Knox County district attorney general.
Richardson, Edwards, and Jackson, 18, faced charges of attempted aggravated robbery after Knoxville police said they tried to hold up three men outside the store around 1:45 a.m. Fellow UT student Montmarquet, 22, faced charges of attempted aggravated robbery and of possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia.
The drug charges against Montmarquet will proceed, prosecutors said.
Montmarquet, whose lawyer described her as a pre-law student, said she's just glad to have the robbery case over.
"This was not a plea bargain," said defense lawyer Gregory P. Isaacs. "It's unfortunate that she had to go through this ordeal."
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