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Honesty, Mercy Get Lenience in DUI Manslaughter

By Conaway and Strickler

Thanks to his honesty and the kindness of the victim?s family, University of Georgia student Carl Phelps was able to finish college before turning himself in to serve time on a manslaughter driving under the influence charge, according to the Panama City, Fla. News-Herald. In what sounds like a spring break trip gone horribly wrong, Phelps accidentally killed his friend, Reggie Bostick, while pulling a Ford F-350 into the driveway of a Florida vacation home last year. According to the article, Bostick may have been lying down. Phelps pleaded no contest to the charge May 9, but the judge delayed his sentencing until mid-July, to allow him time to finish his degree. Phelps will serve four years in prison, then 11 years of probation and 500 hours of community service...continue to full post

Full post as published by Georgia Criminal Defense Blog on August 03, 2007 (boomark / email).