Nahhhh. They ran this on the morning news earlier, and had pictures of the front end of the guy's truck - it was all fouled up, really badly damaged. The only way he didn't know he hit something is if he was literally comatose prior to impact.
Posted on 03/01/2004 6:36:30 AM PST by RockChucker
Springfield, Virginia-AP -- Arraignment is scheduled this morning for a hit-and-run suspect in northern Virginia.
Police say the driver hit a man who'd gotten out of his car on an interstate in Fairfax County, near Washington. They think the victim's body was dragged more than eight miles to the home of the driver.
The 25-year-old driver called police yesterday morning after finding the victim's body caught in the front-end suspension of his S-U-V.
The man faces charges of manslaughter, driving while intoxicated and felony hit and run.
"A jury sentenced a former nurse's aide to 50 years in prison Friday for leaving an accident victim to die a slow death while lodged in the broken windshield of her car."
"It took the jury less than an hour Thursday to convict Mallard, who after a night of drinking and using drugs struck Biggs, 37, with her car about 3 a.m. on Oct. 26, 2001. She drove home with the man crumpled in the windshield and left him in her garage to die. Medical experts testified that Biggs was alive for one or two hours after being hit and probably would have survived had he received medical help."
-- abcnews.com
Do you think perhaps someone will get the Black Caucus ( you know, that group of morons that yip like Yorkies about everything and anything black) to finally do something constructive and investigate this?
It was a black SUV, wasn't it?
BTW, her friends were hit hard also -- "A friend of Mallard's and his cousin pleaded guilty to tampering with evidence by dumping the body. Clete Jackson and Herbert Cleveland received prison sentences of 10 years and nine years, respectively."
Go Texas!
Nahhhh. They ran this on the morning news earlier, and had pictures of the front end of the guy's truck - it was all fouled up, really badly damaged. The only way he didn't know he hit something is if he was literally comatose prior to impact.
My humblest opologies to you and your SUV.
I certainly did stray from the "game plan", which for some reason, for me, became a crusade against the Black Cauci Caucus.
I was certain that the plural of Black Caucus was Black Cauci, but I then again .......when I took the Rorschach test, I thought all the pitchers pictures were sexual fantasies
In looking at the picture, I'd agree that the guy should have known he hit something -- maybe a deer?
But he wouldn't have seen a body caught in the front-end suspension. Plus he called the cops the following morning.
I'm just saying that it's possible that he didn't know he hit a human being (in contrast to the other case). If I were a juror, I'd convict on the manslaughter and the DUI, but would have a real problem with the felony hit and run.
VA law doesn't give you much leeway - any time there is an accident, whether or not it involves other people, you're required to stop. Even if you hit a parked, unoccupied car, you're required to stop and make a reasonable effort to find the owner. And if you fail to stop, and a person was injured or killed, it's automatically a felony.
I.e., no matter whether he knew that he hit a person or not, he was required to stop, and now it's a felony because of the death of the other guy. The only intent that matters is his intent about stopping or not stopping - the fact that he may not have intended to or known that he hit someone doesn't help him with the law structured the way it is.
Out of 100 people, how many would not stop on their way into the house, to look at the damage to their car? Unless they were oblivious to the fact they'd hit something that size?
Thank you for the photo and treatise on VA law.
Second, he was only eight miles from home and could have figured he'd wait until he was in his garage.
Third, even if he stopped I'm not sure he would have seen the body in the dark.
I'm not making excuses for what happened -- the guy deserves the full effeet of the law He should have stopped. I'm just saying that it's possible he didn't know he hit a human being.
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