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Fifth DWI offense nets man up to 3 years in prison
Updated: September 3, 2011, 6:28 AM
LOCKPORT—A man who picked up his fifth drunken driving arrest while chauffeuring friends home from a bar was sentenced to one to three years in state prison Thursday.
Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Sperrazza imposed the term on Johnathon D. Godwin, 35, of Simmons Avenue, Niagara Falls.
He had pleaded guilty to felony driving while intoxicated.
He was arrested Sept. 3, 2010, at a police DWI checkpoint on River Road in North Tonawanda.
Defense attorney James J. Faso Jr. said Godwin was drinking at home when a friend called him from a bar and said he was too drunk to drive, so he asked Godwin to come for him and a companion. Godwin said yes.
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My goodness --- what a pessimistic thought sir!
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If I heard correctly, had this drunk driver been arrested in Sweden with his record, he would have lost his car and his drivers license and served a very long time in prison.
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If I heard correctly, had this drunk driver been arrested in Sweden with his record, he would have lost his car and his drivers license and served a very long time in prison.
Five DWI's gets you only three years? Is that a misprint? So had the winds of fate blown slightly and he had killed someone, like Dr. Corasanti did, then what? This guy gets arrested for driving drunk four times and somehow he still had a license.
I'd share some choice words with Judge Sara Sheldon Sperrazza if this guy injures someone in my family because the book didn't get thrown at him. I'd bet she would be pretty peeved if sixteen months from now when he's out for good behavior, and he goes out to the bar to celebrate his freedom, then drifts into oncoming traffic and takes out her whole family.
I'd share some choice words with Judge Sara Sheldon Sperrazza if this guy injures someone in my family because the book didn't get thrown at him. I'd bet she would be pretty peeved if sixteen months from now when he's out for good behavior, and he goes out to the bar to celebrate his freedom, then drifts into oncoming traffic and takes out her whole family.
LOU BORDONARO, BUFFALO, NY on Sat Sep 3, 2011 at 03:35 PM
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PHILIP WIGGLE, AMHERST, NY on Sat Sep 3, 2011 at 04:11 PM