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FL: former PD's reckoning

By Skelly

Sad to see, from the Pensacola News Journal:Former public defender Davis sentencedFormer Assistant Public Defender Ronald Davis pleaded no contest on Friday to charges of DUI, possession of a controlled substance without a prescription and possession of drug paraphernalia...Lots of venom in the comments, with this exception:The guy has already spent 7 months in jail. He will spend another 4 1/2 months there. He is 50-something, and his career is over... As for withholding adjudication, maybe this guy is doing the right thing by submitting himself to treatment for the rather obvious problems in his reality...You whine because they withheld adjudication- maybe they'd like to leave enough of his life in one piece so that he can get a job when he gets out of jail...continue to full post

Full post as published by Arbitrary and Capricious on January 05, 2008 (boomark / email).