Defense strategy Wrote:
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> Looks like the defense is hanging their argument
> on "prove she ran a stop sign. If you can't it's
> literally a he said, she said". Weren't there
> witnesses to this though? Not sure that is a valid
> legal argument. Both sides have to provide
> documentation through discovery. If something
> wasn't completed the defense cannot say the state
> is withholding evidence. If the police did do this
> but haven't yet provided the documentation, it
> still does not count as withholding unless the
> report is not provided to the defense by the date
> in that order. It would appear that neither the
> state's attorney nor the defense have this report
> at this time.
>
> The state must have a strong case or they would
> have offered a much lower plea deal by now. I
> believe the defense recognizes this, so they are
> trying to work technicalities and delay a trial as
> much as possible. As long as the state and the
> police have properly, and sufficiently, documented
> actions then there should be no issue convicting
> Megan. I would also bet they will go for a judge
> trial instead of a jury trial. The defense will
> rely heavily on technicalities, IMO, which the
> judge would understand better than a jury. Also
> they seem to be banking on the judge being
> sympathetic to Megan's possible mitigating
> circumstances at the inevitable sentencing and
> focus on rehabilitation. I think the judge is
> smart enough to not fall for her sob story.
An open container in the vehicle goes a long way in squashing any sort of "mitigating circumstances".
Has the Body Cam video been released or are they waiting for after her conviction?
Though she didn't kill the unfortunate man, if her footage is bad enough, they might show it to people taking drunk driving "diversion" programs. She may end up helping others yet.
Hopefully, the Ohio chapter of Mothers Against Drunk Driving gets involved.
Is it automatic or do they need to be alerted?
https://madd.org/ohio/