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Driver leaves pedestrian in windshield

smart guy. never admit to murder. the Constitution protects you from self-incrimination.

"I hit...something"
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"A mandatory blood draw was taken and now Onak, 49, is charged with one misdemeanor count of DWI, a felony count of failure to stop and render aid, and felony accident involving injury."

Seriously? The guy was dead. Vehicular manslaughter. Hell, he was drunk. Charge him with murder.
 
MotF Bane said:
I only remember the CSI episode based on it.
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I remember that too.

The twist on that episode was that a suicide note was found in the pocket of the victim, which proved that he purposefully crossed the street when he saw something coming, to end his own life.

If the driver had reported the incident right away instead of intentionally hide the car in his garage to let the man die, he would not be charged at all. But instead he hide the car, and left him bleeding to death.
 
MotF Bane said:
"A mandatory blood draw was taken and now Onak, 49, is charged with one misdemeanor count of DWI, a felony count of failure to stop and render aid, and felony accident involving injury."

Seriously? The guy was dead. Vehicular manslaughter. Hell, he was drunk. Charge him with murder.
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Murder? The "victim" was running back and forth across the freeway at night. Sober or not, the driver still would have hit him. Charge him with leaving the scene of an accident, DWI, etc...

He was probably in shock and panicked. The article doesn't actually mention what his BAC was at the time...
 
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MotF Bane said:
Seriously? The guy was dead. Vehicular manslaughter. Hell, he was drunk. Charge him with murder.
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Murder is complicated to prove.

The DA is much more likely to get a conviction of manslaughter then murder.

With murder, I think there has to be intent. All the defense has to do is convince the jury there was no intent to kill the person.
 
airdata said:
I remember this one... I'm from Dallas and it was all over the news here. She left the guy stuck there in her garage until he died.
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There's actually a not-terrible movie based on this case, Stuck. In the interest of political correctness the Mallard character was played by Mena Suvari with cornrows.
 
Investigators say the victim, a 32-year-old man, had broken down on the side of the freeway and had been running back and forth across I-45 when he was hit by the black Mazda on the shoulder.
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Idiot!
 
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