Now we know: Tolly Carr’s blood-alcohol level officially was 0.13 the night he ran over Casey Bokhoven, but may have been much higher at the actual time of the accident.
The Journal’s Scott Sexton thinks Carr’s legal team is angling for a guilty plea:
Assuming that Carr pleads guilty, prosecutor Jim O’Neill and Carr’s defense team will leave the sentencing decision up to a Superior Court judge.
Rather than arguing over Carr’s guilt or innocence, they’ll devote their time in the courtroom to discussing various aggravating and mitigating circumstances.
O’Neill is likely to focus on how much booze Carr consumed and the fact that he drove around a “Road Closed” sign. He might even solicit testimony from a bartender at the Burke Street Pub who refused to serve Carr because he was visibly drunk. He could call witnesses who would describe Carr angrily beseeching them not to call 911 after the wreck.
Yesterday’s circus surrounding the release of Carr’s blood-alcohol content was never about a fair trial. It was merely the start of the jockeying over how much time Carr will wind up serving.
