This should be SOP for any reckless driver who kills. I'm no coddler
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Drunken driver sentenced to life for fatal car wreck in Mobile
Last Update: Feb 16, 2007 8:30 PM
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - A drunk driver with five prior D-U-I convictions was
sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of murder in a four-car
crash that killed a Mobile woman.
Jimmy Wayne Bass, who will turn 44 next week, was sentenced Thursday.
Bass was convicted in January of causing a wreck on a rain-slick road that
killed 52-year-old Theresa Moore on September 23rd, 2005. According to
trial testimony, his blood-alcohol level at the time was estimated to have
been point-32 - four times the legal limit of point-08.
Bass had other D-U-I convictions in 1989, 1990, 1994, 1998 and 1999.
Officials said he told the trial judge that he couldn't remember the day of
the crash and was unaware until later that he had killed someone.
Witness testimony revealed the crash occurred when Bass' pickup truck
drifted into the opposite lane on Old Pascagoula Road and struck other
vehicles before driving head-on into a car driven by Moore.
A prosecutor said the amount of alcohol Bass drank could prove fatal for
most individuals.
MLOM - 27 Feb 2007 04:38 GMT
On Feb 26, 10:31 pm, "Speeders & Drunk Drivers are MURDERERS"
<xeton2...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> This should be SOP for any reckless driver who kills. I'm no coddler
>
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> A prosecutor said the amount of alcohol Bass drank could prove fatal for
> most individuals.
Five priors...and 4x legal...and obviously too drunk to recall the
crash. Might as well keep his a.s in the can, he's obviously a guy
who would continue to drive, even drunk, if his license were revoked
for life.
Believe it or else (I do deviate from Ripley just a bit): no argument
this time.
Fred G. Mackey - 27 Feb 2007 04:57 GMT
> A prosecutor said the amount of alcohol Bass drank could prove fatal for
> most individuals.
While this guy obviously is a problem and deserves jail time, it's just
bullshit that that amount of alcohol is "fatal for most individuals".
He does deserve prison time, but we, the public, and the jury don't
deserve this bullshit.
Eeyore - 27 Feb 2007 05:40 GMT
> > A prosecutor said the amount of alcohol Bass drank could prove fatal for
> > most individuals.
>
> While this guy obviously is a problem and deserves jail time, it's just
> bullshit that that amount of alcohol is "fatal for most individuals".
4 times the drink-driving limit ? Certainly not fatal but it's now seen as
politically correct to write such nonsense.
Graham
MLOM - 27 Feb 2007 17:08 GMT
On Feb 26, 11:40 pm, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelati...@hotmail.com>
wrote:
> > > A prosecutor said the amount of alcohol Bass drank could prove fatal for
> > > most individuals.
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>
> Graham
IIRC the fatal level is somewhere in the .50-.70 range. That's for
the drinker himself. .000 could be fatal for others if the driver is
doing something stupid.