Posted on 07/17/2015 10:41:09 AM PDT by RS_Rider
Eric Gonzalez-Huerta might have been responsible for a fatal accident on Route 28 last year, but his conduct was not “directly and substantially linked” to the crime, an Allegheny County judge ruled Friday.
Common Pleas Judge Beth A. Lazzara acquitted Gonzelez-Huerta, 23, of Louisville, Ky. of a third-degree felony charge of accident involving death or injury while not properly licensed, the most serious count he faced.
Lazzara found him guilty of 22 summary counts, including driving without a license, operating a vehicle without insurance and operating a vehicle with unsafe equipment, for which the judge ordered him to pay mandatory fines totaling $1,800.
Gonzalez-Huerta's day-long nonjury trial before Lazzara occurred on Tuesday.
Lazzara said Assistant District Attorney Aaron McKendry “failed to establish a direct link” between Gonzalez-Huerta's conduct and the death of Robert Lofink, 75, of Hampton on Nov. 21, 2014.
Police said Gonzalez-Huerta was hauling construction debris from Ford City to a McKees Rocks landfill when a wheel from his utility trailer detached along Route 28, bounced over the median and crashed through Lofink's car, killing him instantly.
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Bets?
Gonzelez-Huerta, 23, of Louisville, Ky.
Yeah, sure.
Another example of The Ministry Of Propaganda covering up a crime by an illegal alien.
Americans are being killed daily, but we don’t know it because The Ministry Of Propaganda either squashes the stories outright or purposely obscures the fact that an illegal alien was the perpetrator.
It was probably a crappy old trailer that was not maintained. Unsafe trailers are common. Not responsible ... WTF?
Are you suggesting the judge may have been more lenient on this illegal alien criminal because she is a member of The Race?
Yep, another American killed by an illegal with no consequences.
Just as we all suspected.
Minimum mandatory sentence waived by judge in Pittsburgh heroin case
February 12, 2014 11:27 PM
By Paula Reed Ward / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
At sentencing Wednesday, assistant district attorney Lawrence Sachs asked the court to send Lee to prison under a mandatory minimum penalty in Pennsylvania for having more than 1 gram of heroin and for having a firearm in proximity to drugs being sold.
But Common Pleas Judge Beth A. Lazzara refused, saying a June U.S. Supreme Court decision makes Pennsylvania’s sentencing scheme for mandatory penalties unconstitutional.
“I will not legislate from the bench,” she said.
And even though the judge said she could still send Lee to prison based on individualized sentencing — and that the maximum in his case was 15 years — she, instead, gave him a break.
Judge Lazzara ordered him to serve 18 months on home electronic monitoring to be followed by five years of probation.
My bet was on when this “judge” was appointed to the bench and by who - but you bring up another valid point, too...
:: Lazzara said Assistant District Attorney Aaron McKendry “failed to establish a direct link” between Gonzalez-Huerta’s conduct and the death of Robert Lofink, 75, of Hampton on Nov. 21, 2014 ::
And there you have the entire story in summary.
I’d say let it sink in but Huerta was doing one of those jobs Americans won’t do, AKA: Inspecting their DOT vehicle prior to going on the road. And, it appears that in this decision, the judge is telling the [presumably free-attorney] you DID NOT PRESENT A VALID ARGUMENT-—go back to school or ask FWOTUS for some legal advice!
It’s easier to penalize for regulatory infractions (failure to whatever, from getting a driver’s license to getting insurance) — harder to show something like negligence in maintaining a vehicle.
Yeah...I get it.
Thanks FRiend
Is the Judge a gal or a guy...
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Lazzara is an Italian surname.
Pittsburgh has lots of Italians.
Relatively few Hispanics.
Good to know, thanks.
I guess she has other reasons for being lenient
Had a Davey Tree Company or Eichenlaumb driver made such a mistake, would that merit a 1800.00 fine?
The humiliation this “judgement” affords the family and loved ones of the victim is just astounding....rounding off a stellar communist week.
Yes, the commies seem to be on a roll.
On a side note, if anyone in the Pittsburgh area know how to reach someone in charge of the Floreffe, PA veterans memorial, please contact me!
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