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O/T: FIL's DUI charge going to trial

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Submitted by momjeans on Sat, 07/22/2017 - 11:20am

Last summer my FIL got in a low speed, single car accident with skid in the car. I overheard MIL tell DH that it's going to trial in September. My inlaws are blaming the lawyers, courts for why it's going to trial, but that's not the way this works now - is it?

I can only assume it's going to trial because he hasn't accepted a plea bargain?

The cognitive dissonance is strong with my inlaws. I feel that my FIL is going to walk into court, roll the dice, and have his ass handed to him. He's 70 years old. He doesn't drink, but he does take a cabinet full of pills daily.

He was also charged with child endangerment, because skid was in the car.

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Submitted by momjeans on Sat, 07/22/2017 - 1:37pm

"Unless they are going to argue a chain of custody issue, I would be curious what the defense would be. If the blood evidence will show intoxication then that is that. Just because the substance was prescription does not mean it is OK. Impaired is impaired. I can't tell you how many people I have talked to that simply can not get that through their head. Especially older people."

I'm curious what his defense would be too. Never in my life have I known people who feel above the consequences of their actions. From what I have pieced together on my own from overhearing tidbits here an there, he has been trying to finagle his way out of it.

And I admit - I hope there's some serious repercussions from the child endangerment charge.

We're in North Carolina.