John Goodman, a filthy rich Houstonian, was rip-roaring drunk behind the wheel of his Bentley when he T-boned a young man’s Hyundai, rolling it over into a canal causing Scott Wilson, 23, to drown. Goodman left the scene without trying to help Wilson or calling for help so he wouldn’t get caught being drunk.
Goodman hired prominent attorney Roy Black to defend him. The two concocted up a phony defense. In addition to claiming that his client got drunk only after the deadly crash, Roy Black also claimed that the $250,000 Bentley malfunctioned by ‘all of a sudden’ surging forward. Black also allowed his client to testify that, at the time of crash, he was speeding to get to Wendy's for a Frosty before it closed.
Thankfully, the jury did not buy those big lies. Last March it convicted Goodman of DUI-manslaughter and vehicular homicide, both with failure to render aid. On Friday, Florida state judge Jeffrey Colbath sentenced Black’s client to 16 years in prison. During the sentencing hearing, Judge Colbath gave Goodman and Black this well-deserved tongue lashing:
“Scott Wilson's death was senseless. [Goodman’s] conduct from the moment the crash happened to the time he came to be in the custody of law enforcement was to save himself. It wasn't to go get help and it wasn't because he was disoriented. It was because he wanted to figure out a way to save himself. He had an opportunity to try to save Mr. Wilson."
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