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Old 07-19-2008, 08:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Deepwaters View Post
As long as the pictures were not presented as evidence of guilt, but only as character evidence impacting sentencing, I don't have a problem with this. Obviously his presence at that party has nothing to say about whether he drove drunk or not. But if other evidence convicts him of the offense, then this attitude evidence can reasonably have a bearing on the sentence.

The pictures were used as Character Evidence at sentencing.....

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