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Henry Ruggs III, WR with LV Raiders, Sentenced 3 to 10 Years for Killing Driver of Vehicle Involved In Accident He Caused While Drunk Driving

Former Raiders receiver Henry Ruggs III continues to face multiple felony charges following a car accident that claimed the life of 23-year-old Tina Tintor last November. And the legal case, as many legal cases do, continues to move slowly through the justice system.

Most recently, via the Associated Press, a judge has ruled that prosecutors can obtain medical records regarding injuries sustained by Ruggs’s girlfriend, Kiara Je’nai Kilgo-Washington. Prosecutors claim that they want the medical records in order to prove that Kilgo-Washington suffered substantial injuries in the crash, since those injuries provide a separate basis for charges against Ruggs.


The prosecution also may be looking to seal off grounds for reasonable doubt based on whether Ruggs was actually driving the car. If he elects not to testify and if Kilgo-Washington invokes the Fifth Amendment when asked whether she was driving, can it be proven to the satisfaction of the very high legal standard applicable to criminal cases that Ruggs was actually driving?

Regardless of whether anyone agrees with the propriety of such an approach, the entire criminal justice system is premised on forcing prosecutors to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. One of the key elements of the charges against Ruggs is that he was driving the car. Thus, while prosecutors may want those records in order to show that Kilgo-Washington suffered substantial injuries, the broader goal may be to secure a document in which she tells a doctor or some other medical professional that she was not driving the car and/or that Ruggs was.

Yes, it would be hearsay. And, yes, there are surely one or more various exceptions that could be utilized to allow the statement to be introduced into evidence at trial.

For now, there’s no specific reason to believe that Ruggs’s defense will be premised on the absence of sufficiently clear evidence that he was driving. But neither Ruggs nor his lawyers have any reason to put their cards on the table prematurely. The point is that the subtext for the prosecution’s pursuit of those records could be showing to the satisfaction of the reasonable-doubt standard that Ruggs was indeed driving.
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I still can't believe this happened. NFL players have a car service they can use
 
Allah_U_Akbar said:
Defense lawyers have no conscience.
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Key word: DEFENSE lawyer. Not prosecutorial assistant.

Defense lawyers job is to get him off or as light a sentence as possible.

Sometimes calls for some rather despicable tactics, but that’s exactly the kind of lawyer you want defending you
 
Marc123 said:
Lawyer jus doin his job tbh
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Inglewood_B said:
Key word: DEFENSE lawyer. Not prosecutorial assistant.

Defense lawyers job is to get him off or as light a sentence as possible.

Sometimes calls for some rather despicable tactics, but that’s exactly the kind of lawyer you want defending you
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Allah_U_Akbar said:
Defense lawyers have no conscience.
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You gotta be heartless and cold blooded.

I get it.

That’s just part of job.

Just imagine an open and shut case where there’s DNA and video evidence of a serial killer/rapist doing something unspeakable to one of your kids.

And there’s some lawyer fighting feverishly to get the case thrown out and all charges dropped against this monster because of some “technicality “.

That’s what I meant.
 
I'm no legal expert but worse case scenario...this doesn't go to trial and his defense attorney files a motion to dismiss all charges wit prejudice. If that's even possible
 
According to a plea agreement presented Tuesday in Las Vegas justice court, Ruggs will serve three to 10 years in Nevada state prison. The case now moves to the 8th Judicial District Court for a hearing on May 10, when he is expected to formally plead guilty.
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If convicted, Ruggs had faced a minimum of two years and up to 50 years in prison.
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Went from facing a maximum of 50 years to facing a maximum of 10 years for taking a plea deal
 
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