The Marin County DA is taking GI Jane back to trial. Army reservist 'G.I. Jane' going back to court
Jane Parkhurst, the Army reservist who inspired the movie, G.I. Jane, ran her Hummer H2 off a West Marin highway and was arrested for a DUI in late 2006. The matter was tried and the jury deadlocked on one count while acquitted on the other.
In California, all DUIs are charged as two counts, one for driving while intoxicating and the other for driving with a BAC of .08% or over. In this case, the jury concluded it could not decide whether or not Ms. Parkhurst was driving drunk, but that she was not driving with an over-the-limit BAC.
The acquittal on the second count might be due to the fact that the jury believed Ms. Parkhurst claim that she did all her drinking after the accident, before being tested!
The Marin DA wants to re-try her on the first count only in that double jeopardy rules out a re-trial on the count for which she was acquitted.
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The Hummer was NOT driven off the road! It was stopped and parked and the roadway began to sink. And the thats when driver had to jump out of the vehicle and landed on her head. I want the report at least here written correctly.
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