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Legislator claims he has immunity from DUI charge
Atlanta Journal-Constitution ^
| September 27, 2005
| NANCY BADERTSCHER
Posted on 09/27/2005 5:13:29 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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His lawyer, William C. "Bubba" Head, argues Graves should have been granted immunity from arrest because he was leaving a gathering that was tantamount to a committee meeting, according to legal filings. I suppose Ted Kennedy has a driver.
Macon, GA needs a new Representative.
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Perhaps he thinks he is really working for the UN?
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posted on
09/27/2005 5:14:30 AM PDT
by
OpusatFR
(Vegetarian, permaculturalist, cloth wearing, green, peak oil believing Trad Catholic Indie.)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Graves needs to give it up. He's making Republicans look bad.
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posted on
09/27/2005 5:14:56 AM PDT
by
keats5
To: Cincinatus' Wife
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posted on
09/27/2005 5:17:07 AM PDT
by
martin gibson
(I know not what course others may take, but as for myself, give me Ralph Stanley or give me death!!!)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
A local (state) politician, Ernie Chambers, has used that defense successfully for speeding tickets for years.
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posted on
09/27/2005 5:17:55 AM PDT
by
jim_trent
To: keats5
You're right.
I would claim that he could be arrested under the breach of peace part of the order. DUI might even fall under the felony part of the law.
He's grasping at straws.
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posted on
09/27/2005 5:18:05 AM PDT
by
PeteB570
To: Cincinatus' Wife
With 2 DUI's, this man is fortunate that stupidity is not a felony.
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posted on
09/27/2005 5:18:14 AM PDT
by
IamConservative
(Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time will pick himself up and carry on)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
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posted on
09/27/2005 5:19:07 AM PDT
by
battlegearboat
(It's always cooler on the other side of the pillow)
To: keats5
So what else is new? Typical RINO activity and the party refuses to act appropriately. The downfall of the republican party will be the ongoing kissing up to RINOS.
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posted on
09/27/2005 5:19:22 AM PDT
by
Issaquahking
(In Arab his message is easier to understand than all of yesterday's morons put together.)
To: OpusatFR
"Perhaps he thinks he is really working for the UN?"
You beat me to it. I guess the term 'diplomatic immunity' now applies to the Legislator. Barf!
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posted on
09/27/2005 5:20:47 AM PDT
by
poobear
(Imagine a world of liberal silence!)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
except in cases of "treason, felony, or breach of the peace
Nice try RINO
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posted on
09/27/2005 5:21:39 AM PDT
by
HEY4QDEMS
(Ham & Eggs: A day's work for a hen, A lifetime commitment for a pig.)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
This defense has been used many times by US Senators and Congressmen in Washington DC.
To: Cincinatus' Wife
This is the kind of crap you mostly find Dimwits trying to pull. I think he needs to resign.
Republicans are held to a higher standard, and if he wants to pull a dimwit defense he may as well just become a dim.
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posted on
09/27/2005 5:23:41 AM PDT
by
libs_kma
(USA: The land of the Free....Because of the Brave!)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
The pubbies should wring his neck like a Christmas goose. Don't worry though, this only justifies the butcher and whets the appetite for the next RAT drunkard that comes down the pike.
To: Cincinatus' Wife
burn him AND his scumbag lawyer
To: keats5; Cincinatus' Wife
> Graves needs to give it up. He's making Republicans look bad.
I propose a law that anyone trying to use a loophole as a Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Card be given an automatic 6 months, with extra time depending on the degree of outrageousness.
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posted on
09/27/2005 5:24:42 AM PDT
by
cloud8
To: IamConservative
That's what I was wondering.
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Keep in mind that many southern Republicans are just Democrats who changed their party affiliation to get elected. This man is a disgrace.
To: Cincinatus' Wife
This guy is a Republican?
Kick his drunken a$$ out of the party!
This is as lame as when Clinton tried to skate out of his legal problems by invoking his "active duty" status.
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posted on
09/27/2005 5:25:58 AM PDT
by
Ronin
(When the fox gnaws.... SMILE!!!)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
What a crock.
He is not immune to presecution, although he IS immune to arrest while commuting to/while "in Session" - these laws were designed to protect the legislative process from executive abuse - not to protect the representative from the consequences of his actions.
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posted on
09/27/2005 5:28:42 AM PDT
by
An.American.Expatriate
(Here's my strategy on the War against Terrorism: We win, they lose. - with apologies to R.R.)
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