Leyritz Acquitted

Former professional baseball player Jim Leyritz was acquitted recently in a case that garnered a fair amount of media coverage and speculation.  Leyritz was accused of driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI) on the night of December 28, 2007 when he crashed his vehicle into another car in Broward County, Florida.  The driver of the car Leyritz crashed into, 30-year-old Fredia Ann Veitch, died as a result of the accident.  Prosecutors in Leyritz's case were charging Leyritz with DUI manslaughter, which could have landed Leyritz in a Florida state prison for up to 15 years if he had been convicted.  While Leyritz's blood alcohol content was tested three hours after the accident and found to be 0.14%, well above Florida's legal limit of 0.08%, jurors in the case agreed that the effects of a concussion sustained during the accident may have caused Leyritz to absorb even more alcohol into his blood stream after the accident and that his blood alcohol content may have been below the state's legal limit just before the accident took place.  Testimony given by experts during the trial also pointed out that Veitch's blood alcohol content was more than twice the legal limit as she had consumed several alcoholic beverages before getting in her car to drive home after working a shift as a bartender.  Leyritz was, however, convicted of misdemeanor DUI, which carries a maximum penalty of six months in jail.

If you live in the Los Angeles area and have recently been arrested for DUI, call the Los Angeles DUI defense attorneys at Kestenbaum, Eisner & Gorin, LLP immediately.  Our  Los Angeles DUI defense attorneys have over 50 years of combined experience in successfully defending against DUI charges and we know that every DUI case is unique.  Kestenbaum, Eisner & Gorin, LLP employs our very own private detective to investigate the facts of our DUI cases so that details such as the blood alcohol content of everyone involved in a DUI-related case do not go unnoticed. 

As any experienced Los Angeles DUI defense attorney knows, the fact that Veitch had also been drinking played heavily in Leyritz's favor.  Witnesses in the case also could not testify that they were absolutely certain that the lights in Leyritz's lane were red or yellow, or that he was speeding when he crossed the intersection and collided with Veitch's vehicle.  And while blood alcohol science may seem to be invincible scientific evidence, experienced  Los Angeles DUI defense attorneysknow that the fact that Leyritz's blood was tested three hours after the accident means that it was almost certainly different at the time of the accident.  People absorb alcohol into their blood stream at different rates depending on their height, weight and experience with drinking, in addition to several other factors.  Being accused of DUI does not automatically mean that you will be convicted.  You do have options.  Call the  Los Angeles DUI defense attorneys at Kestenbaum, Eisner & Gorin, LLP today at 1-877-781-1570 to find out what they are.