tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post6639883012271897627..comments2024-03-25T13:42:25.771-05:00Comments on Advance Indianaâ„¢: Jeffersonville Mayor Apologizes To Family Of City Attorney Found In Trash CanGary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-21543347023736985472009-06-25T15:42:17.908-05:002009-06-25T15:42:17.908-05:00The pictures are not confidential. This makes your...The pictures are not confidential. This makes your city look stupid because the mayor apologized to the attorney and threatened to punish the police when it should have been the other way around.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-53050486844737062782009-06-21T19:56:35.318-05:002009-06-21T19:56:35.318-05:00Here's the statutory definition:
It is a Clas...Here's the statutory definition:<br /><br />It is a Class B misdemeanor for a person to be in a public place or a place of public resort in a state of intoxication caused by the person's use of alcohol or a controlled substance.<br /><br />Without a blood alcohol test, a case against him would be more difficult, although the circumstantial evidence and his own admissions to the media don't help him.Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-18988337883907250082009-06-21T19:48:22.145-05:002009-06-21T19:48:22.145-05:00I'm aware of cases where people have fallen as...I'm aware of cases where people have fallen asleep outdoors or laid down and been arrested for public intoxication. I totally disagree with you that he couldn't be charged because he was on private property. The limo let him out on a public street and he apparently wandered up into the neighbor's drive. It appeared the trash can was at the end of the drive by observing the photos posted on WAVE 3's website.Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-18416029312119871132009-06-21T19:36:15.414-05:002009-06-21T19:36:15.414-05:00Given the PI charges I used to see in Bloomington ...Given the PI charges I used to see in Bloomington (mostly students walking home from bars instead of driving), I think that sending the confidential record to the media is the worse offense.<br /><br />But leaving that aside, this is not a good PI case. The neighbor's yard is not a public place, so even if he was drunk when they woke him up, he hasn't committed PI. (And I kind of get the impression that he wasn't drunk when they woke him up).<br /><br />Of course you could work backwards and try to find witnesses who will testify that he was drunk at the bar, in the parking lot of the bar, or in the back of the limo (b/c it's on a public street), but that's both a lot of work to go through for a very minor crime, and won't be likely to yield results that would lead to a conviction. At least based on the newspaper reports I've read.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07519737020352873595noreply@blogger.com