"Afluenza" Defense

LakeWashington
Tue, 12 Jan 2016 13:53:39 +0000

Her bail was too high to begin with, as the judge rightly stated. A talented defense attorney will cast doubt on the idea that she consciously planned to help the kid violate probation and flee. She might argue that she planned the trip for herself and the kid came along. He’s 18 and responsible for his own conduct. Did she have an obligation to report a probation violation once he became 18?

That said, the kid’s conduct was and continues to be astoundingly dumb. Why did he run in the first place? Did he believe that his attendance at the party was a probation violation, even if he didn’t consume alcohol? And the poor fool apparently does not realize that his extradition to Texas from Mexico is inevitable.