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I disagree Tom. Just because the state brings a felony charge doesn't mean a felony was committed. <br><br>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.<br><br>If someone intends to permanently deprive someone, they do more than pass out in the vehicle.<br><br>He didn't get away with a felony.<br><br>Sunil<br><br><div>> Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2011 18:02:41 -0700<br>> From: thansen@moscow.com<br>> To: vision2020@moscow.com<br>> CC: indigo3239@msn.com; sperrine@potlatch.com; chicory@wildblue.net; fritzknorr@gmail.com; jeannemchale@hotmail.com; cpenni@gmail.com; bhaverstick@yahoo.com; marilynbeckett@gmail.com; Jmuneta@uidaho.edu; lin@wildblue.net; helen.yost@vandals.uidaho.edu; dzeiger@uidaho.edu<br>> Subject: [Vision2020] State Sen. McGee Pleads Guilty to DUI in Deal with Prosecutor<br>> <br>> Courtesy of KHQ-TV at:<br>> <br>> http://www.khq.com/story/15011975/sen-mcgee-poised-to-appear-in-court-on-dui<br>> <br>> ---------------------------------------------------------<br>> <br>> McGee pleads guilty to DUI in deal with prosecutor<br>> <br>> BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Republican state Sen. John McGee has pleaded guilty to<br>> driving under the influence of alcohol in a plea agreement reached with<br>> prosecutors.<br>> <br>> The 38-year-old Caldwell Republican reached an agreement Friday, less than<br>> two weeks after he was arrested in a Boise neighborhood.<br>> <br>> Under terms of the deal, a special prosecutor agreed to dismiss one count<br>> of taking a vehicle without the owner's consent, a felony.<br>> <br>> The judge approved the terms and sentenced McGee to 180 days in jail, with<br>> 175 suspended. McGee was also fined $1,000, ordered to perform 24 hours of<br>> community service and take alcohol classes.<br>> <br>> McGee was arrested June 19 after police say he took a truck and cargo<br>> trailer from the southwest Boise home of a stranger and got it stuck in a<br>> yard just down the street.<br>> <br>> ---------------------------------------------------------<br>> <br>> So . . .<br>> <br>> State Sen. John McGee (R-Caldwell), through the kind generosity of the<br>> Idaho legal system, escapes a felony conviction for auto theft by agreeing<br>> to 24 hours of community service in addition to sentencing for DUI.<br>> <br>> JEEESH!<br>> <br>> In the words of our state motto . . .<br>> <br>> Esto perpetua, Idaho.<br>> <br>> Tom Hansen<br>> Moscow, Idaho<br>> <br>> <br>> "The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change<br>> and the Realist adjusts his sails."<br>> <br>> - Author Unknown<br>> <br>> =======================================================<br>> List services made available by First Step Internet, <br>> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <br>> http://www.fsr.net <br>> mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<br>> =======================================================<br></div> </div></body>
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