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Originally Posted by Bear Islander
Woodsy
The defendant testified that shortly before the accident he was stopped to make a phone call and the black boat passed him with no lights on.
That means that when he took off at high speed a minute later he KNEW there was a black boat with no lights out in front of him!
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I think one of the comments made on that site about him wanting to catch up to the other boat probably were spot on. Speculation, but not a bad one.
The 22 tickets is obviously an indication of a problem. He got Caught 22 times, although we don't know the specifics. At any rate, that's quite a bit, and you'd think he'd learn at some point. It didn't help the jury, but we spectators have an advantage there.
The drinking is clearly an issue, as it is in many of these cases. I hope he never gets on a lake again, or even in a car. Although I'm sure he's quite nice and sincere, I'm not buying the story.