First ex-D.A. Ken Anderson gets arrested for withholding evidence from the defense in a 1986 murder case that caused Michael Morton to spend 25 years in prison after he was wrongly convicted for killing his wife, a murder actually committed by another man, Mark Norwood.
Now, after pleading guilty, Travis County D.A. Rosemary Lehmberg has been sentenced to 45 days in jail for a DUI arrest last Friday during which she was ‘extremely combative’ while under arrest, kicking and spitting on officers. Austin attorney Kerry O'Brien has filed suit to remove her from office because "Lehmberg violated the public trust, demeaned her office and created a substantial risk of injury to others."
TRAVIS COUNTY DA GETS 45 DAYS IN JAIL IN DWI CASE
KVUE.com
April 19, 2013
AUSTIN -- Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg has been sentenced to jail for 45 days, and her license will be suspended for 180 days, after pleading guilty to driving while intoxicated and an open container violation.
The sentence is the harshest given by Travis County for a first-time DWI offense.
On Friday, Lehmberg made her first court appearance. KENS 5's sister station in Austin was told the DA hopes serving jail time will help the public forgive her mistake, since she hopes to stay in office. She says she is "extremely sorry" and takes the sentence seriously.
Lehmberg was handcuffed in the courtroom after entering her guilty plea. She will begin her jail time immediately.
Last Friday Lehmberg was arrested for driving drunk off RM 620. Her arrest affidavit says she had an open container of vodka sitting on her front passenger seat. Travis County deputies say she appeared disoriented, her speech was slurred and her body was wobbling and staggering.
Authorities say she was extremely combative when under arrest, kicking and spitting on officers. At one point she had to be put into a restrained chair.
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