August 22, 2024
Leaving the Scene of Personal Injury
Client was a very kind and responsible young man who was out drinking in the early am. He was driving home, and he struck another car, The other car was heavily damaged, and he did not remain on the scene and left. He was charged with leaving the scene of personal injury. Fortunately, he was not charged with OUI despite his admission of drinking and some other factors. The charge has of Leaving the Scene of Personal Injury has a 6-month jail sentence attached, if jail imposed and a required guilty for any disposition. Included in the sentence is a mandatory one-year loss of license. Here, Barabino put forth a variety of materials to include the history and background of the client, but more importantly, an impediment in the filing of the report. That impediment appeared to have resulted in the Magistrate not issuing the Charges.
RESULT: No Probable Found, (PC), Charges Do NOT Issue.