Henry Ruggs Lawyers Have One Ask For the Judge In Vehicular Manslaughter Case

Henry Ruggs lawyers are trying their best to defend their client.

After reportedly crashing into another car at 156 MPH while driving under the influence, resulting in the death of a young woman back in November, lawyers representing former Raiders receiver Henry Ruggs III are trying to exclude an intoxicated blood sample. According to the Associated Press, Ruggs’ lawyers argue that police “lacked basis” for obtaining a warrant to gather the WR’s blood without his consent.

“True probable cause did not exist,” his attorneys said via ESPN.com. “The mere fact of Mr. Ruggs’s involvement in a fatal vehicle collision does not, in itself, give rise to probable cause to believe he was driving under the influence of alcohol.”

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Attorneys David Chesnoff and Richard Schonfeld argued that “True probable cause did not exist." https://t.co/4dCVIpc0Uv

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The former NFL wide receiver was hospitalized and no field sobriety test was performed at the crash scene to determine if he was impaired according to the document.  It notes that a police officer asked his sergeant what to do without an impairment finding. The unnamed sergeant is on a body camera audio responding that:

“Driving behavior and death alone is going to get you a warrant all day,” the court filing said.

I know everyone wants to  scream “Just look what he did!!” Isn’t that probable cause enough, but it’s an attorney’s job to poke every conceivable hole in the DA’s case.

He’s just representing his client. Not as easy job but someone has to do it.

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