His saying, "I'm never there," could just as easily be evidence that he bought the house for his cousin. Then he could say his cousin set up the operation.
Bottom line, if you want to look solely at the purchase of the house as evidence of the conspiracy, the prosecution will have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Vick bought the house with the intent of using it to stage the dogfighting operation, and that the conspiracy had been created before that was done.
You can't just say "Vick knew about the operation." That's just not enough. For conspiracy, you have to prove a common plan, and an overt action by each member of the conspiracy.
Him being the owner of the house alone will not be enough.
Probably a moot point, because the feds have more information, and if they can prove the allegations in the indictment, they have overt actions on Vick. But this "irrefutable evidence" -- that he is listed on the deed as the owner of the property -- alone will not do it.
