Hines Ward Pleads Guilty, But Not To DUI

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Hines Ward Pleads Guilty, But Not To DUI

Steelers Receiver Was Arrested In Atlanta Area

POSTED: 11:49 am EST February 22, 2012
UPDATED: 12:27 pm EST February 22, 2012

Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward pleaded guilty Wednesday to reckless driving in connection with a July arrest in suburban Atlanta.
A charge of driving under the influence was dropped, and Ward pleaded no contest to a charge of failing to maintain his lane.
Ward was sentenced to 12 months of probation, 80 hours of community service and a $2,000 fine. He must also undergo an alcohol evaluation.

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[YosemiteSam]

He needs to be charge with being a ****. He also should spend life in prison without parole for playing for the Stealers.

 

[Hoofbite]

What a joke.

System is a failure.

 

[arglebargle]

What a joke.

System is a failure.

Nope. System working as intended....

 

[DallasEast]

What a joke.

System is a failure.

I was agree if he had hit someone while driving intoxicated, but he only hit a curb..?

 

[casmith07]

Hometown Discount.

 

[Cowboys&LakersFan]

Hometown Discount.

Of course.

 

[SkinsandTerps]

IIRC, He never did a breathalyzer. It's probably a loophole more than anything.

12 months of probation for not maintaining your lane and the community service, plus the fine. Sounds like a lot for a typical person.

They gave him all they could without proper evidence.

 

[kristie]

He needs to be charge with being a ****. He also should spend life in prison without parole for playing for the Stealers.

^^^^this

 

[YosemiteSam]

I was agree if he had hit someone while driving intoxicated, but he only hit a curb..?

I'm not sure I understand your point. He got a DWI and they let him off if he plead guilty to a lesser charge. That is first rate bull****.

Even more; if you refuse to take a sobriety test, it should be not only considered a confession of intoxication, but also hampering a police investigation and withholding evidence.

They should stack so many charges against you that you would spend more time in jail than if it was just a DWI.

 

[casmith07]

IIRC, He never did a breathalyzer. It's probably a loophole more than anything.

12 months of probation for not maintaining your lane and the community service, plus the fine. Sounds like a lot for a typical person.

They gave him all they could without proper evidence.

I hadn't heard about all of that. Sheds a lot of light on the situation.

If that's the case, they gave him way too much.

 

[DallasEast]

I'm not sure I understand your point. He got a DWI and they let him off if he plead guilty to a lesser charge. That is first rate bull****.

Even more; if you refuse to take a sobriety test, it should be not only considered a confession of intoxication, but also hampering a police investigation and withholding evidence.

They should stack so many charges against you that you would spend more time in jail than if it was just a DWI.

Who knows? I guess my point is that someone violating a driving while intoxicated law should not be lynched for sideswiping a curb while drunk. A dog? Perhaps. A person? Most definitely. A slab of concrete? I... don't get it.

 

[Rynie]

I'm not sure I understand your point. He got a DWI and they let him off if he plead guilty to a lesser charge. That is first rate bull****.

Even more; if you refuse to take a sobriety test, it should be not only considered a confession of intoxication, but also hampering a police investigation and withholding evidence.

They should stack so many charges against you that you would spend more time in jail than if it was just a DWI.

I hate to break it to you, but it happens ALL THE TIME. An ex-friend of mine, has had TWO DWI's. Each time, because his parents paid expensive lawyers, he got off with lesser charges. He's truly a mess, and shouldn't even be operating motor vehicles (why he's not my friend anymore). That's the law, man. It's all about generating money. Refusing to take a sobriety test is a right, whether you like it or not.

 

[sacase]

What a joke.

System is a failure.

No its working as intended. You can't convict someone without having proof and fortunately the system still agrees with that concept. The State could not prove the case so they plead it down to something they could charge him with.

IIRC, He never did a breathalyzer. It's probably a loophole more than anything.

12 months of probation for not maintaining your lane and the community service, plus the fine. Sounds like a lot for a typical person.

They gave him all they could without proper evidence.

I think it is a little on the hefty side, 2000$, probation for a year and alcohol monitoring for hitting a curb in a failure to maintain your lane. I would like to see him go back and challenge the ruling as being excessive when compared to other similar cases.

I'm not sure I understand your point. He got a DWI and they let him off if he plead guilty to a lesser charge. That is first rate bull****.

Even more; if you refuse to take a sobriety test, it should be not only considered a confession of intoxication, but also hampering a police investigation and withholding evidence.

They should stack so many charges against you that you would spend more time in jail than if it was just a DWI.

Well let's be happy that we have the constitution. 4th Amendment sucks for you public opinion lawyers.

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

So with that said, they cannot make him take a breathalyzer. Most states however do the BS administrative punishment and suspend your license for 6 months if you refuse one. They could have took him in, went in front of a judge and got a search warrant to take his blood if they were smart, but either they were not or they did not have PC to get the warrant.

No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation

Darn pesky 5th Amendment for as you put it hindering a police investigation. Fortunately his constitution rights were upheld for the most part. Sam I am wants a police state where you have no rights. Amusing.