Thursday, April 26, 2007
San Diego California DUI www.sandiegodrunkdrivingattorney.net : Guilty of Assault with Deadly Weapon + DUI verdict
California - San Diego DUI news: Chargers linebacker's friend convicted of assault
SAN DIEGO ---- A jury on Thursday found the woman who was with Chargers linebacker Steve Foley the night he was shot by an off-duty police officer in Poway guilty of assault with a deadly weapon for driving Foley's car at the officer.
But the jury acquitted Lisa Maree Gaut on a separate charge, assault with a deadly weapon on a police officer. That charge alleged that Gaut knew officer Aaron Mansker, who was armed, was a policeman.
Gaut was a passenger in Foley's car in the early morning hours of Sept. 3 when Mansker ---- who was dressed in street clothes and driving his own car ---- tried to stop Foley on suspicion of drunken driving. The ensuing confrontation on Foley's quiet cul de sac left Foley with three .40 caliber bullet wounds, injuries that kept the NFL veteran sidelined for the season. He was then cut from the team last month.
Mansker, who had been an officer with the city of Coronado for little more than a year at the time of the shooting, testified that he repeatedly told the couple he was a police officer, but that he did not show them a badge.
After the verdicts were read, Juror No. 11, Art Mills, said Mansker's failure to show his badge created reasonable doubt that Gaut knew he was a policeman.
"We decided that issue pretty quickly, about an hour's worth of debate," Mills said. "It would have been a different situation if he'd shown his badge."
In court Thursday to hear the verdicts, Gaut swallowed hard, exhaled and looked down as the clerk read the first guilty verdict. The jury also found her guilty on two misdemeanor counts of drunken driving.Near the end of the confrontation, when Foley got out of the car and walked up the street to confront Mansker, Gaut jumped behind the wheel of Foley's car and followed him.
The assault conviction could land 26-year-old Gaut in prison for up to five years.
"We are obviously disappointed with the verdict. We intend to appeal of course," Gaut's defense attorney, Raymond Vecchio said after the hearing. "We have some questions as to how they could come to 'guilty' on count one, but 'not guilty' on count two."
Gaut, her eyes red and moist, stood behind her attorney as he spoke a crowd of reporters but declined to make a statement.
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SAN DIEGO ---- A jury on Thursday found the woman who was with Chargers linebacker Steve Foley the night he was shot by an off-duty police officer in Poway guilty of assault with a deadly weapon for driving Foley's car at the officer.
But the jury acquitted Lisa Maree Gaut on a separate charge, assault with a deadly weapon on a police officer. That charge alleged that Gaut knew officer Aaron Mansker, who was armed, was a policeman.
Gaut was a passenger in Foley's car in the early morning hours of Sept. 3 when Mansker ---- who was dressed in street clothes and driving his own car ---- tried to stop Foley on suspicion of drunken driving. The ensuing confrontation on Foley's quiet cul de sac left Foley with three .40 caliber bullet wounds, injuries that kept the NFL veteran sidelined for the season. He was then cut from the team last month.
Mansker, who had been an officer with the city of Coronado for little more than a year at the time of the shooting, testified that he repeatedly told the couple he was a police officer, but that he did not show them a badge.
After the verdicts were read, Juror No. 11, Art Mills, said Mansker's failure to show his badge created reasonable doubt that Gaut knew he was a policeman.
"We decided that issue pretty quickly, about an hour's worth of debate," Mills said. "It would have been a different situation if he'd shown his badge."
In court Thursday to hear the verdicts, Gaut swallowed hard, exhaled and looked down as the clerk read the first guilty verdict. The jury also found her guilty on two misdemeanor counts of drunken driving.Near the end of the confrontation, when Foley got out of the car and walked up the street to confront Mansker, Gaut jumped behind the wheel of Foley's car and followed him.
The assault conviction could land 26-year-old Gaut in prison for up to five years.
"We are obviously disappointed with the verdict. We intend to appeal of course," Gaut's defense attorney, Raymond Vecchio said after the hearing. "We have some questions as to how they could come to 'guilty' on count one, but 'not guilty' on count two."
Gaut, her eyes red and moist, stood behind her attorney as he spoke a crowd of reporters but declined to make a statement.
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