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Man with 9 DUIs appeals his latest

Rob | 2:20 p.m. Oct. 27, 2009

Oh my word. This guy kills someone, gets out of jail and is still doing the same thing. Throw the book at him. Who is he going for next in his drunken fog? You are a selfish idiot who only cares for himself. Step up to the plate and make things right.
Good for the couple that called the police. You did exactly the right thing.

huh? | 2:39 p.m. Oct. 27, 2009

why was this man still allowed to drive following his release in 2006? poor reflection on utah.

Mark | 2:55 p.m. Oct. 27, 2009

What a lame excuse for an appeal. 9 DUI's with a fatality, injured people. I do not think he has learned from his mistakes nor does it appear that he will ever learn. Keep him off the streets for a long time.

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Are You Kidding | 2:57 p.m. Oct. 27, 2009

I can't beleive this man was allowed out on the streets, let alone behind the wheel of a car. What are our judges thinking! Lock him up and throw away the key.

Jason | 3:03 p.m. Oct. 27, 2009

Are you kidding? Nine DUI's and a death, I know people with parking tickets who got worse. Great job State of Utah with protecting citizens!

Just wondering | 4:09 p.m. Oct. 27, 2009

Does he still have a driver's license? If and when he gets out of jail, will he be allowed to drive?

A reasonable person would say that after 9 DUI's (and who knows how many other times he should have been charged but wasn't caught), a fatality, seriously injuring 2 other people, killing of their dog, property damage, etc. etc., this man should NEVER be allowed to drive again.

geedub | 4:27 p.m. Oct. 27, 2009

I hate lawyers. How much is it costing the State to defend this drunken bum?

John | 4:32 p.m. Oct. 27, 2009

As in the movie Ferris Bueller.... " 9 times "???

Anonymous | 7:04 p.m. Oct. 27, 2009

You have to be kidding me... really!

Anonymous | 5:39 a.m. Oct. 28, 2009

It is one thing for the state of Utah to not allow this man to drive and another thing entirely to prevent him from driving. I am sure that he did not have a valid drivers license at the time of his 9th DUI. You tell me, how is the state supposed to stop him from drving?

To Annonymous 5.39 a.m. | 7:50 a.m. Oct. 28, 2009

East answer, lock him up for the rest of his life, can't drive while in prison and his crimes certainly warrant this level of punishment.

Fredd | 11:58 a.m. Oct. 28, 2009

I think its fair to assume he will re-offend.

geedub | 10:50 p.m. Oct. 31, 2009

Probable cause? Sounds like if this idiot is breathing there's probable cause that he's drunk. How does some one with 9 effen dui's get insurance let alone a license to drive? He'll never learn. Lock him up until he rots.

Yesh Ociffer, thash. beer. | 11:44 p.m. Oct. 31, 2009

Fool me once: shame on you. Fool me twice: shame on me. Fool me nine times: what in the heck is wrong with the judicial system that this dude is even out of the slammer long enough to think about going for ten?

No mass. | 11:50 p.m. Oct. 31, 2009

Sad that he has this problem but compassion ends when he gets behind the wheel and kills one and maims others for life.

Throw away the keys; to his car and his jail cell.

redd9522 | 1:37 a.m. Nov. 1, 2009

I helped raise my (1) year old granddaughter because her mother drove drunk & not only killed herself but a fifteen year old in the oher car. She also left her other three children without a mother. Keep him in prison for as long you can before he kills somebody else

Probable cause. | 4:12 a.m. Nov. 1, 2009

Having so many prior convictions of alcohol abuse is cause enough to pull this guy over anytime he is seen on the roads, call it follow up investigations of his being cured. The cause is there and is justified.

And if he refuses field test it is also law that his vehicle be impounded and he be taken to hospital for blood test even before charges are filed. The police do have that authority.

The judge should rule in favor of his conviction and that officers do have the authority for follow up investigating under parolee laws. Officers acting to protect and serve others from endangerment is the right of all citizens which diminishes the rights of a drunk or drugged driver.

Svoboda | 6:24 a.m. Nov. 1, 2009

Why is this guy even allowed to drive? What stupid laws allow this to happen? He should be banned from driving in all states.

Chris | 7:32 a.m. Nov. 1, 2009

How dare them talk about reason and probably cause. Let's ask Michelle Bradleys family's opinion about reason and probability. They should lock this guy up for good.

You the Public | 7:53 a.m. Nov. 1, 2009

You the Public would be surprised how often your elected prosecutors plead down DUI offenses with defense attorneys. Then the judges usually follow their lead and sentence the person as per the plea bargain.

Utah has mandated penalties for DUI offenses, but they're not stiff enough. 1st DUI fine & 2 days jail; 2nd DUI fine & 10 days jail; 3rd DUI fine & 62.5 days jail; 4th DUI fine & 62.5 days jail; 5th DUI fine & 62.5 days jail; get the picture. After the fourth DUI there should be a mandatory prison sentence. But I've seen individuals with multiple DUI's only get probation.

This person will never quit drinking alcohol. He'll be out on the road soon as the Utah Board of Pardons and Parole will release him because of overcrowding at the Utah State Prison. However, you the Public don't want to pay for new prisons or jails.

So you teh Public will just have to live with this guy out on the roads and let's just hope he doesn't kill you the Public.

Three Strikes | 7:56 a.m. Nov. 1, 2009

Why not consider a three strikes type law for DUI or any accident that invovles DUI? It seems to me that the public's right to live without having to worry about being injured or killed by a drunk or drugged up driver trumps his freedom to drink.

Anonymous | 8:03 a.m. Nov. 1, 2009

I think DUI driver's ought to be punished more than they are. This guy has 8 prior DUI's and wants to get away with this one. He needs his license taken way from him permanently.

KW | 8:54 a.m. Nov. 1, 2009

The first step for alcoholics to start dealing with their problem is to admit they have one. This guy, far from admitting he has one, is arguing that he couldn't have been drunk enough for the parents to notice anything wrong when they called police and that his driving couldn't have been bad enough for the police to justify pulling him over.

And this is what he does while SOBER.

jim | 8:55 a.m. Nov. 1, 2009

This individual must have his license taken away. I would take it away for 10 years.

Even if you throw out this most recent concern from the court, he still has 8 DUI's.

He may hurt someone else. Let's hope a judge with common sense can tie everything together and take away his license for a long time. His rigorous abuse of his freedom to drive has been tested enough.

Common sense | 9:02 a.m. Nov. 1, 2009

Come on - the police acted on a report from citizens that a citizen appeared to be intoxicated. The officer observed the car weaving three or four times. The suspect refused breathalyzer tests etc., but the officer could smell alcohol on his breath ......

Many years ago a relative was observed picking up her child from school in a suspected inebriated state. Someone at the school notified the police, who caught up with her on a narrow two-lane winding road, stopped her and arrested her. I was called to go to the scene to pick up my niece. I am grateful that you don't have to wait to arrest a suspected drunk driver until after they have an accident!

nottyou | 9:38 a.m. Nov. 1, 2009

Strike 10...you're out!

Utah's laws | 9:48 a.m. Nov. 1, 2009

Under Utah's implied consent law, when you refuse a field test, you lose your license for two years and are subject to a fine.

How many times has he refused? With NINE DUI convictions, he's learned the "refuse it" well from his defense attorneys.

On your third DUI in Utah, you supposedly lose your license permanently.

Was the car registered in his name? If so, WHY? And why would we let him own one? If it's someone else's car, whose was it? Who let him drive their car? Let's hold them responsible, too!

Former Guard | 10:59 a.m. Nov. 1, 2009

During a short tenure as a corrections officer, I had the unfortunate privelage of guarding this guy in SL county jail while his trial was under way for the homicide DUI. He was a very arrogant and never showed any remorse, until he went in front of the judge, then it was back to the games in the jail. I am not supprised at these other charges. He needs prison to keep him from being behind the wheel.

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