Records unsealed Tuesday indicate Janklow was ticketed for speeding 12 times and involved in seven accidents since 1990, not including the August crash.
In two of the accidents, as well as in the Trent crash, Janklow reported seeing vehicles no one else saw.
Janklow was governor when three of the accidents occurred. The other accidents and the speeding violations occurred before he took office as governor for a third term in 1995.
A misdemeanor conviction would not affect Janklow's ability to serve in Congress. But the House ethics committee would automatically investigate Janklow if he is convicted of a felony.
It wouldn't be logical that they would. The evidence shows he was going in excess of 70MPH when he blew the stop sign. There are warning signs before stop signs, that also has to be considered. The area at the intersection is flat also, the intersection was not hidden.
The jury would have to come to the conclusion that it was reasonable to miss all the warning signs and fly through the intersection at 70+ MPH.