[quote=scaredyclassic]Sounds like a pretty good case for the SEAL.
No alcohol test.
No driving.
Sleeping in parked car.
National hero.[/quote]
I would agree with you, scaredy. Except I’ve seen these “sleeping the car” DUI defenses go south if the vehicle’s motor was running and/or the hood was hot and there was only ONE person in the vehicle … as was the case here.
I don’t blame him for refusing to submit to a sobriety test. In doing so, they booked him in jail and he bailed out and it can all be sorted out later.
His defense hinges on how long the convenience store clerk says he spent out there sleeping. The longer, the better for him, methinks.
I still think he can hire the very best defense lawyer in the state and “get this taken care of as quietly as possible” without ever setting foot in a courtroom, since it is a “first conviction” matter. And that’s probably what he’ll do. He’ll have letters of commendation up the wazoo in sheet protectors in a thick binder for the court’s perusal. I predict it will be dismissed but not after possibly another hefty fine of maybe ~$1200 for the “Alcohol Education and Rehabilitation Fund” in MT (or something like that).
