[harpseal]

As soon as she hit him she had a duty to stop. Being intoxicated while committing a crime should be an aggravating circumstance not any kind of excuse the sole exception to that rule is when someone is forcibly goven intoxixcants or given them without their knowledge.

[csvset]

smoked pot, took ecstasy and drank heavily

What are the symptoms of someone under the influence of ecstasy?

[Bubba_Leroy]

If she gets off with this defense it will become the standard defense for all DWIs. "It wasn't my fault that I was driving drunk, I was drunk."

[cinFLA]

Being drugged is an aggravating circumstance.

"Mallard did stop briefly to try and get Biggs off her car, but when she couldn't, she drove about a mile to her home, Jack said."

And no one saw this?

[BlazingArizona]

As soon as she hit him she had a duty to stop. Being intoxicated while committing a crime should be an aggravating circumstance not any kind of excuse...

This is especially true if you're a bishop.