[Vision2020] State Sen. McGee Pleads Guilty to DUI in Deal with Prosecutor

[Sunil Ramalingam]

I disagree Tom. Just because the state brings a felony charge doesn't mean a felony was committed. 

I think this was overcharging from the beginning. The state had to prove an intent to permanently deprive the owners of their vehicle, and I don't think they were ever going to prove that.

If someone intends to permanently deprive someone, they do more than pass out in the vehicle.

He didn't get away with a felony.

Sunil

> Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2011 18:02:41 -0700
> From: thansen at moscow.com
> To: vision2020 at moscow.com
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> Subject: [Vision2020] State Sen. McGee Pleads Guilty to DUI in Deal with	Prosecutor
> 
> Courtesy of KHQ-TV at:
> 
> http://www.khq.com/story/15011975/sen-mcgee-poised-to-appear-in-court-on-dui
> 
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> McGee pleads guilty to DUI in deal with prosecutor
> 
> BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Republican state Sen. John McGee has pleaded guilty to
> driving under the influence of alcohol in a plea agreement reached with
> prosecutors.
> 
> The 38-year-old Caldwell Republican reached an agreement Friday, less than
> two weeks after he was arrested in a Boise neighborhood.
> 
> Under terms of the deal, a special prosecutor agreed to dismiss one count
> of taking a vehicle without the owner's consent, a felony.
> 
> The judge approved the terms and sentenced McGee to 180 days in jail, with
> 175 suspended. McGee was also fined $1,000, ordered to perform 24 hours of
> community service and take alcohol classes.
> 
> McGee was arrested June 19 after police say he took a truck and cargo
> trailer from the southwest Boise home of a stranger and got it stuck in a
> yard just down the street.
> 
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> 
> So . . .
> 
> State Sen. John McGee (R-Caldwell), through the kind generosity of the
> Idaho legal system, escapes a felony conviction for auto theft by agreeing
> to 24 hours of community service in addition to sentencing for DUI.
> 
> JEEESH!
> 
> In the words of our state motto . . .
> 
> Esto perpetua, Idaho.
> 
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
> 
> 
> "The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change
> and the Realist adjusts his sails."
> 
> - Author Unknown
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