Authorities: Neb. man too drunk for DUI sentencing

[Mark]

PAPILLION, Neb. - Authorities said a 30-year-old-man showed up so drunk for his sentencing for drunken driving that he missed his hearing and now faces even more time behind bars. Authorities said Jason Botos was driven to the Papillion courthouse on Thursday by his father, who needed help from deputies to get his son out of the vehicle.

Prosecutor Ben Perlman said Botos was so drunk he couldn't attend the hearing, so the judge issued a warrant. Deputies arrested Botos in the parking lot.

Another hearing is set for Tuesday. A jail spokeswoman said Botos remained in custody Friday. Botos' attorney didn't immediately return a call.

Botos had pleaded guilty to misdemeanor drunken driving in a September 2009 collision with five other vehicles.


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Now THATS what I call dedication.

[Mikey]

Wow. I know priests who don't have that kind of calling.

If he was considered "absent" from his scheduled hearing, wouldn't he be held as a flight risk?

[Mark]

Yep. Which is likely the justification for which they're holding him. If I was them though, I'd be worried about him dying in custody. Somebody THAT friggin' sauced really should be getting detoxed in a hospital.

[Tyyr]

Botos' attorney didn't immediately return a call.

What could you possibly say at that point?

[Mark]

I'd step down as his lawyer at that point. All you could do is say he's got a drinking problem and beg for rehab.

[Mikey]

I'm going out on a limb here, but my guess is that he might not have a legal frim on retainer. A court-appointed attorney can't step down, whether he's a public defender or a private attorney doing his mandatory pro-bono time.