After reportedly crashing into another car at 156 MPH while driving under the influence, resulting in the death of a young woman back in November, lawyers representing former Raiders receiver Henry Ruggs III are trying to exclude an intoxicated blood sample. According to the Associated Press, Ruggs' lawyers argue that police "lacked basis" for obtaining a warrant to gather the WR's blood without his consent...

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“True probable cause did not exist,” his attorneys said via ESPN.com. “The mere fact of Mr. Ruggs’s involvement in a fatal vehicle collision does not, in itself, give rise to probable cause to believe he was driving under the influence of alcohol.”

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BeachDude022•23 months

Grasping for straws here.

Dcurry80•23 months

And that’s why Lawyers should all die in a fire.

atltiger6487•23 months

I'm a law-and-order guy, but defense attorneys (many of whom seem sleezy) do perform an important overall function for the system -- they make the gov't prove its case. If they didn't exist, anyone could get railroaded. But please note, I think far too many defense attorney lie and throw garbage against the wall, hoping anything will stick. But they are necessary for the system to work.

PeleofAnalytics•23 months

So do you want a garbage man to defend you if you get hit with some BS charge from a dirty cop?

LSU$$$•23 months

I know everyone want to jump up and down and scream "Just look what he did!!" Isn't that probable cause enough, but it's an attorney's job to poke every conceivable hole in the DA's case. He's just representing his client.

atltiger6487•23 months

Ruggs identifed as sober

tigerbait1.6•23 months

so what your saying is him being absolutely blitzed had nothing to do with the crash? Jesus Christ thats bad

VoxDawg•23 months

What a piece of shite.

barbapapa•23 months

dirtbag attorneys

Cajunboy46•23 months

Screw all of that!!! How about be a freaking MAN and admit what you did was wrong! Take your punishment and ask GOD for forgiveness.

rbtgoodson•23 months

Honestly, unless a blood sample being taken is standard practice in instances such as this, he has a pretty decent argument.

Stew2581•23 months

In the state of Louisiana it is standard procedure and mandatory by the at fault driver to take a blood sample in the event of a fatal crash. If they refuse they are detained and a warrant is issued for said sample. Usually the warrant is granted within 30 minutes or so with new courtroom software.

MMauler•23 months

DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE. NEXT!

LSUtoBOOT•23 months

Maybe they can argue he was just a passenger in the car, or not in it at all.

gamecockman12•23 months

I know its a lawyers job to defend their client, but damn I don't know if I could do that from a morality standpoint .

PeleofAnalytics•23 months

I am not sure what the laws are in Nevada but you can get disbarred for incompetency in your profession and I suppose not trying to get it thrown out could be considered incompetence (maybe). You can choose not to take a scumbag clients but it is almost impossible to build a practice if you don't take difficult cases (people who you think are guilty as sin). If you do want to actually get innocent people off that are in terrible situations, you probably have to take some scumbag clients to build a practice where you have the opportunity to defend innocent people in those situations. I don't envy defense attorneys but having them do stuff like this may be a necessary evil to protect people from a justice system that screws stuff up all the time.

jbird7•23 months

I’ve always thought the same thing. But lawyers like this only care about money, they have no morals. In college my professor brought in Jose Baez, the lawyer who defended Casey Anthony, to speak to us. The mindset of that guy was pretty sick. This was all 2 months after he got her off.

kywildcatfanone•23 months

I would assume that is SOP for a lawyer, but he's a true POS who deserves swift justice for his actions.

redfish99•23 months

A true pos

biclops•23 months

"Was there any evidence that warranted further investigation into Mr. Ruggs BAC?" "I figured the dead body and the fact he was driving 156 mph were enough, but I'm sure there was more"

grizzlylongcut•23 months

I love that attorneys will say the most outlandish shite to get their clients off.

Kracka•23 months

isn't that their job? otherwise, what's their use?

CanebreakCajun•23 months

What are we supposed to do? Roll over?

udtiger•23 months

The lawyer would likely be disbarred if he didn't try this.

Ponchy Tiger•23 months

Why? On what basis is he saying there was no basis to test his blood alcohol level? Is he just throwing shite on the wall?

JakeFromStateFarm•23 months

There’s no judge on earth that would be stupid enough to consider this.