Autopsy: Dallas Cowboy Jerry Brown Jr.’s blood alcohol level just below legal driving

[JoeyBoy718]

Originally Posted by kjcmeb

Toxicology results show that Brown was not legally intoxicated and had a blood alcohol level of 0.056 — well below the legal limit of 0.08.

Another report said he blew a .079. I don't trust multiple reports stating different information. Happens all the time in journalism. The point is he wasn't totally sober. If he did blow a .079 that means he was basically drunk. Plus, I'm not a toxicologist but I imagine it was taken hours after he had his last drink. That means that by the time he got in the vehicle he may have been legally drunk. I'm still not excusing his actions. I'm just saying I doubt he was clearly sober.

[wittenacious]

Originally Posted by JoeyBoy718

Please don't make such a misleading thread about the deceased. He blew a .079 while the legal limit is .08. He was basically legally drunk. He was half as drunk as Josh Brent.

Didn't blow a .079 that I remember reading about. Could be wrong. The .079 was the reading from fluid in his eye taken during the autopsy.

From DMN: http://crimeblog.dallasnews.com/2013...of-death.html/.

The report says Brown’s blood alcohol content was 0.079. The legal limit in Texas is 0.08.
(Clarification: The reading directly from Brown’s blood was actually even lower, at 0.056.
The 0.079 reading was from fluid in his eye, which is commonly taken during Dallas
autopsies and is normally higher in blood alcohol content than the blood sample.)

So JB Jr's BAC was .056 when the reading was taken directly from his blood.


Just such sad story all the way 'round.

[peplaw06]

He didn't "blow" anything. It's from the blood draw. Remember, he was dead?

[demdcowboys#1]

WOW!

DALLAS -- An autopsy has found that Dallas Cowboys practice squad player Jerry Brown was sober when he was killed in a crash that led to an intoxication manslaughter charge against the teammate at the wheel.

Continue reading...
http://espn.go.com/dallas/nfl/story/_/id/8811205

[burmafrd]

he was under the influence of alcohol

IF he had a blood level of .00 then he would be completely sober. He was not.

.056 is LEGALLY sober but certainly not medically sober

[demdcowboys#1]

Originally Posted by burmafrd

he was under the influence of alcohol

IF he had a blood level of .00 then he would be completely sober. He was not.

.056 is LEGALLY sober but certainly not medically sober

Still, well aware of the situation though. He definitely would have been able to tell Brent was far too intoxicated...

[jobberone]

Some people don't seem impaired or that impaired with relatively high BAs. Others are pretty impaired with legal BA levels. So there is no way to know. A lot depends on a person's tolerance.

The tragedy remains and nothing is changed.

[Illini88228]

That's a poor headline. You can't know if someone was sober from an autopsy. All you can know is the BAC. That isn't a particularly good indicator for level of impairment.

[burmafrd]

judgement can be impaired with just a few drinks. That has been established. It does vary from person to person. So there is no way to say that Brown's judgement was NOT impaired.

[rmahler]

Old prosecutor here again. You guys are not quite looking at it right it is either intoxication to such a degree that an individual's balance or judgement either are significantly empaired (I think off the top of my head) or a BAC of .08 or more. Everybody is intoxicated at .08 and the vast majority would be at.056 and yes you can tell someone's BAC from his autopsy. That's simply the same blood test a lab does for both a living person and a dead one. In fact an autopsy test would be more accurate for what he was when the accident happened. His body would stop prosessing the alcolhol at the time of death. A living person's alcolhol can continue to rise for some time after he stops drinking and then starts to go down. In fact that's the normal. It's called extrapolation. It's one of the things that makes DWI proscecution difficult.

So neither one should have been driving the car. Take the limo.

[tyke1doe]

Originally Posted by peplaw06

He didn't "blow" anything. It's from the blood draw. Remember, he was dead?

I caught that too.

[burmafrd]

if he did blow after being dead that would be a REAL STORY

[Dave_in-NC]

Originally Posted by a_minimalist

Personally, for me, it's all in the past and I don't really feel like hearing about it anymore. It doesn't impact my life like it did to the mother of Jerry Brown and Josh Brent. Jerry's mother said to forgive Josh Brent so that's where it ends. They both made a big mistake. Josh Brent made the bigger mistake and is going to pay for it now. Done.