Apparently, there is blood evidence that proves Henry Ruggs was drunk during the fatal Vegas crash but his lawyers want a judge to trash that evidence by prosecutors. According to prosecutors, “Ruggs had a blood-alcohol level twice legal limit before a fiery crash that killed a woman in November.”
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Ruggs’ defense team argues police didn’t have a legal reason to ask a judge to authorize a warrant to obtain Ruggs’ blood.
“True probable cause did not exist,” attorneys David Chesnoff and Richard Schonfeld said in a document submitted May 23 to Las Vegas Justice of the Peace Ann Zimmerman. “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.”
This document states that a field sobriety test was not performed on Ruggs at the scene of the crash.
A Las Vegas judge pushed back to Sept. 7 the date of a preliminary hearing to determine whether Ruggs should stand trial in state court on felony DUI and reckless driving charges.
The judge scheduled a July 12 hearing on the evidence question.
If the lawyer can get the blood evidence thrown out the chances of Ruggs III getting off increase by a lot. Here is what happened during the accident according to witnesses.
Rodriguez said Ruggs’ lower body was still in the ride, but his torso was “dangling” outside of it. He said he was going to tell Ruggs’ girlfriend, who was a passenger in the Corvette, to leave him be, but said she had already begun pulling the wide receiver out.
“She grabbed him and pulled him fully out,” Rodriguez said. “I have no idea who he is. I don’t care about football. Never heard of Henry Ruggs. But, I didn’t see no life in his body.” “I thought he was dead.”
Rodriguez said he and his friend then quickly turned to Tintor’s vehicle — and tried their hardest to get her and her dog, Max, out of the burning car.
Rodriguez said he got a hammer from his truck and tried to break her free — and even though others arrived to help, none could get her out.
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