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January 07, 2006
Unusual Sentence For Person With HD
Joe Haskins was just sentenced to put his truck on blocks. It could have been worse. Joe just plead guilty to his second DUI. Joe hadn't been legal to drive for four years, to many points, and the truck wasn't registered. He was also charged with resisting arrest.
It appears that two things worked in his favor...he had a good attorney and a judge who understood Huntington's disease.
[Judge] Katz worked with the prosecution and defense lawyers to allow Haskins to keep his prized possession until his probation ends in late 2007 -- as long as it doesn't move from its spot near the apartment."He sands it, shines it up, got it so it runs. To take it away would really devastate him," said Lorin Duckman, Haskins' lawyer. "This was a great solution to a difficult problem."
Katz declined to comment on the case, but Duckman said the unusual sentence came partly because of the nature of Haskins' physical limitations.
Posted by Dave at January 7, 2006 08:19 AM
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