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"A lawyer was sentenced Thursday to more than five years in prison tied to the hit-and-run drunken driving death in September of a bicyclist in rural Shawnee County.
Based on a plea agreement, prosecutors and defense attorneys for Marc Schultz, 40, urged Shawnee County District Court Judge Dave Debenham to sentence him to a total of 43 months after he pleaded no contest to reckless involuntary manslaughter, driving under the influence of alcohol in a fourth or subsequent case and leaving the scene of an accident in which a death occurs, all in the death of Timothy Roberts, 55, the bicyclist.
As part of the plea, attorneys recommended the sentences for the DUI and leaving the scene of the accident should be concurrent to the manslaughter conviction of 43 months.
Instead, Debenham sentenced Schultz to consecutive terms of 43 months for the manslaughter conviction, 12 months for the drunken driving conviction and seven months for leaving the scene. That totals 62 months, or five years and two months..."
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If it would have been a freak accident such as him just have seizure at the wrong time then I would say to just take his license away until he shows signs of not being likely of having one again........ but this was caused due to blatantly disobeying the law and DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE. Don't get me wrong, I love sitting down and relaxing with a beer or two just as much as the next guy, but I have never drank and drove.
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Still not enough for taking a human life, but at least he got jail time:
Well, hopefully we can add four years of college, three years of law school, and at least six months waiting for bar exam results - plus whatever time he worked to pay off any student loans - to the portion of this guy's life he wasted in one evil act. It's no guarantee, but something this public should keep any law firm from wanting to be associated with him even if the Kansas Bar Association overlooks it.
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There is one thing that I have to say that I liked about this article or more correctly about the comments. That is that there were more comments supporting tougher sentencing than there were excusing the hit and run driver's actions.
I did have to laugh though when the hit and run driver used this as an "excuse" for his actions:
Originally Posted by Lawyer gets 5 years in bicycle fatality
He apologized for leaving Timothy Roberts along the road, saying he didn't want his young son to see him.
If he was so concerned for his son's well being why was he driving drunk in the first place?
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There is one thing that I have to say that I liked about this article or more correctly about the comments. That is that there were more comments supporting tougher sentencing than there were excusing the hit and run driver's actions.
I did have to laugh though when the hit and run driver used this as an "excuse" for his actions:
If he was so concerned for his son's well being why was he driving drunk in the first place?
Wow, I didn't read the full article, so I didn't know that it was a hit-n-run. That makes it just that much worse. I wish the best and am praying for Timothy Roberts family.
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Wow, I didn't read the full article, so I didn't know that it was a hit-n-run. That makes it just that much worse. I wish the best and am praying for Timothy Roberts family.
Go back and read it.....He did stop to pick up his broken car pieces....Then he left.
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My wife was hit and run by a bar patron on her bicycle the night we returned to Queens from our honeymoon. She survived the ordeal without sustaining permanent injury, but I still relish any news of justice in hit and runs like this.
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Go back and read it.....He did stop to pick up his broken car pieces....Then he left.
"In imposing the sentences, Debenham noted Schultz hadn’t stopped to render first aid to Roberts after hitting him with a station wagon but did stop to pick up parts from his damaged vehicle before leaving."
Originally Posted by Lawyer gets 5 years in bicycle fatality
He apologized for leaving Timothy Roberts along the road, saying he didn't want his young son to see him.
If he was so concerned for his son's well being why was he driving drunk in the first place?
