Of course the guy wanted to fight all the charges. More time means more money. But Coors took the high road and bully for him. What really galls me, however, is that the revocation of a driver's license is really a regressive punishment. Coors can hire a chauffeur or two. What's the little guy who cannot afford one going to do? The real punishment should be that Coors has to hoof it or use public transportation like everyone else.
HALinNY => -----Original Message----- => From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] => [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stephen Russell => Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 09:35 => To: [email protected] => Subject: [OT] 24 hours service, not bad Mr. Coors => => Beer executive Pete Coors, left, and his attorney Stephen => Higgins leave Jefferson County Court in Golden this morning => after a hearing on his recent DUI charge. Coors pleaded => guilty to driving while impaired and was sentenced to 24 => hours of community service and had his drivers license => suspended for three months. => => Coors pleads guilty to lesser drunk driving charge => => By Julie Poppen, Rocky Mountain News => August 25, 2006 => => Correction => An earlier version of this story misidentified Peter Coors => as Bill Coors. => => Beer magnate Pete Coors pleaded guilty this morning in => Jefferson County Court to a lesser charge of driving while => impaired in his DUI case. => => He made the plea against the advise of his attorney. => => County Court Judge James Demlow waived the $200 fine => associated with the charge because it was Coors' first => offense, but sentenced him to 24 hours of community service. => Coors also will have to pay minor court costs and attend an => education course on alcohol abuse. => => Coors' attorney, Stephen Higgins, told the judge his client => should have fought all the charges. => => He was originally charged with driving under the influence => May 28 after a test showed his blood alcohol level at 0.88 => percent. The legal limit in Colorado is .08 percent. => => Higgins said that in his 30 years of legal experience, Coors => had the best roadside sobriety check he's seen. He said => Coors' speech was normal and that he followed directions => well. Coors did have trouble standing on one leg, but => Higgins said Coors has gout. => => Coors told the judge he "has learned a lot" from the => experience saying, "This has been a very embarrassing => experience for me and my family and my company." => => So his attorney wanted to fight it out? => => => Stephen Russell _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
