After the facts of drinking-related fatal traffic wreck and the defendant’s history, a judge on Wednesday sentenced a Theodore man to the maximum penalty – life in prison.
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“This is the worst DUI-related homicide I have every seen or heard of,” Mobile County Presiding Circuit Judge Wesley Pipes said. Mobile County Assistant District Attorney Louis Walker told the judge that Caffey is accused in the Mississippi case of driving drunk at speeds reaching 87 mph in a 55 mph zone.Defense attorney Jerome Carter objected to considering the newest arrest as part of sentencing because prosecutors had not presented a certified copy of that arrest. He expressed sympathy to the victim’s family but argued that a life sentence is excessive.Carter added that his client “knows he’s going to prison.
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