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A Drug Test shows Paul Pelosi was under the influence of more than just alcohol when he ran His Porche into a jeep, injuring the driver, during a recent DUI.
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Paul Pelosi pleads not guilty to DUI charges months after crashing Porsche in California
Paul Pelosi, the multimillionaire husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was arraigned on a DUI charge without attending the Napa County court hearing.www.foxnews.com
SIDEBAR:
The guy is drunk, he runs into a car, hurts the other driver, pops positive for alcohol and drugs, is arrested, IDed, booked, and then pleads 'NOT GUILTY'.
THAT would PISS ME OFF as a judge!
'WTF do you mean 'NOT GUILTY? All the f*ing evidence in the world proves it was you, you did it, and you're guilty!'
This is why you aren't an attorney.
Every good attorney will have their client plea not guilty to the charges at the arraignment. That buys the defense time to gather evidence known as "discovery". If the client pleas guilty they waive any rights later on. Discovery might show that the prosecutors case is in fact weak, or even VERY weak, and thus the defense team can possibly cop a plea down to a lesser charge or even threaten to go to trial and get their client off scott free.
Also, with a plea of not guilty, they can always appeal the conviction later. With a plea of guilty you can't do that.