Questions Mark End of Judge’s DUI Case Courts: Months of legal maneuvering end in a hung jury and mistrial. Following his car crash, he had failed parts of the field sobriety test and refused to take other parts. Prosecutor says she’ll charge him again.
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Guilty. Guilty. Ten times guilty. That’s how the vote came down in the jury room on the second floor of the Beverly Hills courthouse. But 10 votes add up to a hung jury, and Judge Edward L. Davenport walked away smiling from his trial on drunk driving charges. He was especially wary of the testimony of Gary Livitski, the arresting officer, who said Davenport failed to walk a straight line and could not say the alphabet. the juror said that the policeman, a 12-year veteran, lacked credibility. He was especially leery of Livitski’s joking comment that he was “vaguely familiar” with the Miranda rights that policemen routinely read to suspects before making arrests. Source : pqasb.pqarchiver.com |