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  • Defense expert says deadly crash was unavoidable(Judge Pat Shelton Daughter)

    10/08/2007 11:40:07 AM PDT · by TexasCajun · 42 replies · 1,217+ views
    Houston Chronicle -NYTimes of the South ^ | Oct. 6, 2007, 12:07AM | PEGGY O'HARE
    A judge's daughter accused of intoxication manslaughter could not have avoided the collision that killed her boyfriend because a truck driver had drifted into her lane, an accident reconstruction expert told a jury Friday. Jurors also saw the defendant's father, District Court Judge Pat Shelton, accuse prosecutors of selectively punishing his daughter, saying they failed to charge the truck driver for not immediately stopping after the wreck. He then accused a witness who testified against his daughter of being an illegal immigrant. The jury must decide whether Elizabeth Shelton, a 20-year-old University of St. Thomas student, is responsible for the...