PFT: Report: DUI Manslaughter Charges Coming Today For Stallworth

[Temo]

He was drinking at a Hotel Bar...and then left there to go home.

At 7 AM. Although I'm assuming it's because he was drinking all night, not that he started drinking at 7.

I've been drunk at 7 AM before, but by then I'm at home (and not driving home either) eating a greasy breakfast, not driving around.

 

[Concord]

That was in the joke of a state Ohio not Florida

Two different states and approach to DUI

Try joke of a state Missouri.

 

[FCBarca]

There's also the possibility that he woke up drunk from being out partying...It was Miami and partying until 6 or 7 in the AM is pretty standard...Driving while drunk, on the other hand, is not

 

[bootyhunta]

Sounds like a typical saturday night for me... minus the driving and the million plus in the bank account.

 

[adamknite]

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/978852.html

Stallworth had been drinking at Liv at the Fontainebleau Hotel before leaving to go to a home in Miami, where he arrived around 6:15 a.m.


It's unclear if the home is Stallworth's residence. Stallworth owns two condos in downtown Miami and one in Midtown Miami, property records show.


An hour later, he drove his black Bentley east on the MacArthur Causeway, where he struck Mario Reyes, 59.

 

[peplaw06]

last time I checked, not crossing at a crosswalk is jaywalking(which is illegal). why is nothing being said about this? Stallworth is not to blame here. in fact, the only thing he should be charged with is a DUI.

the guy crossing the street(which probably makes more than enough money to buy a car) didn't cross at a crosswalk and obviously didn't see the car coming. he made a bad judgement call and got killed. Thank you, Darwin.

Plenty has been said about it. You need to go read the other threads.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

The pedestrian's negligence has nothing to do with it in Florida. If the driver is over the legal limit and driving under the influence, he/she is responsible for whatever happens. That's why you don't drive under the influence.

I know of a case in Florida involving a judge's brother who was an atty and he was driving over the legal limit and he hit a pedestrian who stepped out in the middle of the street at night and the pedestrian was drunk. The judge's brother is in prison today finishing up about a 10 year sentance.

They don't play around in Florida. Stallworth is in BIG trouble.

 

[Concord]

At 7 AM. Although I'm assuming it's because he was drinking all night, not that he started drinking at 7.

I've been drunk at 7 AM before, but by then I'm at home (and not driving home either) eating a greasy breakfast, not driving around.

I'm sure he was. He left around 7am...he didn't start at 7am.

 

[Audiman]

You should be banned just for this dumb post.

He killed a guy, it doesnt matter if the guy was running from a robbery (which is a real crime). Stallworth was still at fault.

drinking + driving = dumb

I lost someone close to me because of a drunk driver.

I'm not saying Stallworth was in the right. Three illegal activities happened:

1. Stallworth blew a .12BAC, which is really not that much at all. however, it's still over the limit and illegal.

2. minor speeding. 50 mph in a 40 mph zone is really not fast at all.

3. jay walking. maybe it sucks as a law, but it's still illegal.

now, it's really not hard to see Bently HIDs in the dark coming 50 mph down the road. maybe if the "victim" hadn't been an idiot and looked both ways(like we're all taught to do), maybe he'd still be alive.

P.S. - for what it's worth, someone close to me, AND HIS TWIN BROTHER, died because a drunk driver was driving the wrong way on a highway.

 

[jobberone]

What was his blood alcohol which is a more accurate representation?

 

[Audiman]

I really don't care if this gets me in trouble or not but you're stupid. Flat out, completely, stupid.

Jaywalking is nothing compared to drinking and driving and, oh yeah, that little speeding thing. Dante drove, after drinking, was WELL above the legal limit and he was going 10 miles an hour over the limit. He's breaking two laws at once.





And if Dante hadn't been breaking the two laws that he was (Drinking and driving and speeding) this may not happen either.

hey, that's cool, I respect your opinion. if you did get in trouble for calling me stupid, I'm sorry. however, you don't know me at all and if you judge me based on one opinion, I could say the same about you.

seriously though, jaywalking is still illegal and 10mph over the limit constitutes just a warning(don't know how it works in Texas though). take away the DUI(which .12 is nothing crazy) and have a normal traffic situation. if you look both ways and can't see the brightest headlights on the road today coming your direction, then you're a complete idiot.

 

[jobberone]

hey, that's cool, I respect your opinion. if you did get in trouble for calling me stupid, I'm sorry. however, you don't know me at all and if you judge me based on one opinion, I could say the same about you.

seriously though, jaywalking is still illegal and 10mph over the limit constitutes just a warning(don't know how it works in Texas though). take away the DUI(which .12 is nothing crazy) and have a normal traffic situation. if you look both ways and can't see the brightest headlights on the road today coming your direction, then you're a complete idiot.

I understand your argument but you're calling a dead man an idiot. Perhaps you'd care to rephrase your comment or just stop with the labeling.

 

[Staggerlee]

That was in the joke of a state Ohio not Florida

Two different states and approach to DUI

While i do not have a great sense of pride for the state i live in, i still feel obligated to speak up here and say you, sir are a joke. ohio is not!

 

[Audiman]

I understand your argument but you're calling a dead man an idiot. Perhaps you'd care to rephrase your comment or just stop with the labeling.

if the shoe fits...

 

[Beast_from_East]

I'm not saying Stallworth was in the right. Three illegal activities happened:

1. Stallworth blew a .12BAC, which is really not that much at all. however, it's still over the limit and illegal.

2. minor speeding. 50 mph in a 40 mph zone is really not fast at all.

3. jay walking. maybe it sucks as a law, but it's still illegal.

now, it's really not hard to see Bently HIDs in the dark coming 50 mph down the road. maybe if the "victim" hadn't been an idiot and looked both ways(like we're all taught to do), maybe he'd still be alive.

P.S. - for what it's worth, someone close to me, AND HIS TWIN BROTHER, died because a drunk driver was driving the wrong way on a highway.

Maybe if Stallworth was not wasted, he could have hit the brakes, ever consider that???

Look, it doesnt matter if the pedestrian was totally wasted and was running down the middle of the street buck-arse naked.

If the driver is over the limit and hits the guy, end of story. It doesnt matter if you agree with it or not, thats the law in every state that I know of.

Besides, the last thing Stallworth wants to do is tell the judge it was the pedestrian's fualt for not being in the crosswalk. The judge would be so pissed off that Stallworth would get the max.

 

[Audiman]

Maybe if Stallworth was not wasted, he could have hit the brakes, ever consider that???

have you ever been in an accident? hell, I hit a squirrel today while I was perfectly sober. do I feel bad about that? I sure do. but I can't feel too bad, since the squirrel ran in front of me.

then there's the scnerio of someone trying to kill themselves. say a depressed guy jumps out in front of a guy that blows a .09 BAC. is it really the "drunk" guy's fault?

 

[Skinsmaniac]

Maybe if Stallworth was not wasted, he could have hit the brakes, ever consider that???

Look, it doesnt matter if the pedestrian was totally wasted and was running down the middle of the street buck-arse naked.

If the driver is over the limit and hits the guy, end of story. It doesnt matter if you agree with it or not, thats the law in every state that I know of.

Besides, the last thing Stallworth wants to do is tell the judge it was the pedestrian's fualt for not being in the crosswalk. The judge would be so pissed off that Stallworth would get the max.

Wasted? To blow a .12 the average person would drink three and a half drinks in two hours. That's hardly wasted.

 

[peplaw06]

Wasted? To blow a .12 the average person would drink three and a half drinks in two hours. That's hardly wasted.

That's not true. The average person adds .02 to their BAC with each drink, and the average body disposes of .02 in BAC each hour.

For Stallworth, who weighs 200 pounds, it would take him 6-7 drinks just to get to a .12 BAC. Then depending on how long he had been drinking, and how long he had stopped before driving back home.... His BAC could have been going down. If he stopped drinking say an hour or 2 before the accident (which was at 7 am), then odds are his BAC when he stopped drinking was probably around .16. That's about 8-9 drinks for a guy his size.

 

[TellerMorrow34]

hey, that's cool, I respect your opinion. if you did get in trouble for calling me stupid, I'm sorry. however, you don't know me at all and if you judge me based on one opinion, I could say the same about you.

seriously though, jaywalking is still illegal and 10mph over the limit constitutes just a warning(don't know how it works in Texas though). take away the DUI(which .12 is nothing crazy) and have a normal traffic situation. if you look both ways and can't see the brightest headlights on the road today coming your direction, then you're a complete idiot.

I don't mean that to sound like I think you're a stupid person in everything, that's my fault for saying it in such a way, but that I thought it was stupid in this instance.

I don't think you're a bad person, or whatever, based on one comment. Like you said I've never met you and it's just not my style. it's just one particular thing that I don't agree with you on and think is stupid.

 

[aikemirv]

So your argument is that the only thing he did wrong was DUI???

Well based on this logic, it is your view that if somebody is not actually in a crosswalk, but is jaywalking, you can mow then down with your bentley and drag them down the street???

When the police ask me what happened, I am going to say "the dude was jaywalking, not my fault I mowed him down with my Bentley", "I even flashed my lights at the dude before I made a speed bump out of him".


Jeez........I would really hate to have some of you guys as my defense attorney and tell the judge its ok to run over somebody jaywalking............WOW

This is what I don't get from the whole story.

He had time to flash his lights to warn him but did not have time to hit the brakes and stop?

That is really odd. You know how someone will walk acroos a parking lot in front of you about as slow as possible and your mind is thinking this stupid idiot deserves to be hit - well maybe you have never had that feeling - but anyway...

That is what this feels like to me, Donte saw him crossing, had the opportunity to stop, and in his drunken mind decided he was if that sucker was not getting out of his way he was plowing him over.

It does not make a lot of sense.