Legal Opinion
Promotor v. Pollard
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 14, 2010No. 09-2292PublishedCited by 103 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.
On April 8, 2003, Rogelio Promotor got drunk, drove at speeds up to 86 miles per hour, tore through two red lights, and crashed into a passing car. He killed four people and severely injured two others. He pleaded no contest in Wisconsin state court to four counts of homicide by intoxicated use of a motor vehicle and two counts of causing injury by intoxicated use of a motor vehicle.
Before sentencing, Promotor cooperated in the creation of a defense pre-sentence investigation report which stated that Pro-motor consumed up to 23 beers in the hours preceding the crash.…
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