Mallard pleads not guilty to murder - smoked pot, took ecstasy and drank heavily before hit and run

The Dallas Morning News ^ | June 23, 2003 | From Staff and Wire Reports

[Old Professer]

How did this guy come through the windshield head-first?

Did he dive off an overpass or something?

[Bonaparte]

Well, it might have been 7 miles. From the information on the smoking gun affidavit, the accident occured on the long curve from E. Loop 820 to Highway 287 just before the Village Creek exit. This would be approaching from the Meadowbrook area. A good map with a mile scale could reveal how far she drove from that point to her house at 3849 Wilbarger in Ft. Worth. If most of that distance, say 6 miles, was on the freeway, she could have covered it in one minute if her speed was 60 mph.

[Xenalyte]

Ecstasy is kind of a cross between speed and acid. Your vision subtly distorts (not hugely), and your pulse and heart rate speed up. It's a much better feeling than I make it sound like.

Or so I hear.

[Xenalyte]

It'd be nice if you confined your remarks to that about which you actually know.

Pot does not make anyone drive better.

However, it doesn't fuzz your driving nearly as much as alcohol.

[TomGuy]

[csvset]

Thanks for the info.

[writmeister]

The charge is felony-murder. Felony-murder occurs when someone dies as the result of the accused committing a felony. The felony here is failing to stop and render aid. A felony-murder charge removes the need to prove a culpable mental state regarding the victim's death; you only need to prove that the defendant intentionally or knowingly committed the felony.

The sentence for felony-murder is 5 to 99 years' confinement or life imprisonment.

Capital murder requires that the defendant intended to kill while committing one of a prescribed list of felonies or that the victim was a member of a prescribed class (police officer, children under 6 ....).

[Abcdefg]

BS! Chante Mallard killed M. Biggs.

[spectre]

". Had Mr. Biggs died within an hour or two of his injuries, it would be hard to argue premeditation. I would argue, however, that at some point the woman made a concious decision that she was going to let Mr. Biggs die. Her actions from that point forward should constitute premeditated murder."

Excellent post.

sw

[MeekOneGOP]

. . . Poor Gregory Biggs (and his family and friends). What he must've suffered as a result of Chante Mallard. Sickening.

Amen to all of that post. Thanks.

[MeekOneGOP]

FoxNews, especially Shep Smith, has been giving coverage throughout the day about this trial.

Thanks ! Glad to see that the reports that FOX wasn't going to cover this trial are in error !! :O)

I was on Court TV for what little I was able to watch today. Hopefully, I'll be able to see most of tomorrow's coverage.

[Bonaparte]

Thanks for the zoom and scale, TG. It's clear that she could have gotten home very fast following impact.

[MeekOneGOP]

Exactly what charges does Mallard face?
Murder 1, murder 2, (felony ?) hit and run?

Murder, with a possibility of LIFE in Prison. She plead GUILTY to tampering with evidence but not guilty to murder. If she gets is found guilty of murder (VERY likely, imho), the max is Life in Prison (crosses fingers that happens). She could be eligible for parole in 40 years. She'll be an old woman before she is out.

[TomGuy]

It is going to be interesting to see whether Gretta even mentions this. She has been obsessed with the Scott Peterson situation ad nauseum.

At the start of her program, the talk is of al-Qaeda and the prelim during Hannity & Colmes didn't mention this trial.

[SSN558]

"The drugs were very likely a contributing factor to her giving in to "It's all about me"

Its all about me. Yup, that is the mark of a drug bitch. They lie, steal, they use everyone to feed their habit. They even prostitute themselves believing they are clever manipulators of their circumstances. She had sex with her boyfriend, then got him to dispose of the body. The stupid boyfried is doing time. Smart money bets she will get off lighter than he will.

[Bonaparte]

"...and serve a LONG, LONG time in Texas prison!"

No problems over here. Greg Biggs will be serving a long, long time dead, won't he?

[AmishDude]

It'd be nice if you confined your remarks to that about which you actually know.

If that's the standard, then I'm at the wroooong place.

Pot does not make anyone drive better.

I am, however, well acquainted with both sarcasm and irony.

However, it doesn't fuzz your driving nearly as much as alcohol.

Here is a quantitative statement. In fact, "as much as" seems to indicate some kind of measure. Are we measuring the impairment per molecule of THC versus impairment per molecule of alcohol? Is this by weight? By volume?

And I won't get into the issue of the imprecision of the term "fuzz".

I happen to know a thing or two about mathematics, though.

[csvset]

Chante could have used a service like Scooterman

[MeekOneGOP]

. . . The Bishop of Phoenix has something in common with this woman. . .

Arizona bishop arrested in hit-and-run death -
case adds to problems facing Catholic leadership

[DAnconia55]

The War On Drugs killed Mr. Biggs. After all, if Mallard's drugs weren't illegal, she would've driven straight to the police station to help the victim get the care he needed to save his life.

Guessed you missed the part about DRANK HEAVILY. That's what caused the accident. Pot and Ecstasy did not.