Henry Ruggs will plead guilty to DUI resulting in death, vehicular manslaughter
Posted by Josh Alper on May 2, 2023, 1:18 PM EDT
Former Raiders first-round pick Henry Ruggs will plead guilty to a pair of charges related to the November 2021 car crash that killed a woman in Las Vegas.
Ruggs’ lawyers waived the right to a preliminary hearing on Tuesday and said that their client will plead guilty to a felony charge of DUI resulting in death and a misdemeanor count of vehicular manslaughter. Ruggs’ lawyers and prosecutors agreed to a deal that calls for Ruggs to go to prison for three to 10 years, although that still needs to be approved by a judge.
“This resolution is conditioned upon the court accepting the stipulations of the parties,” defense attorney David Chesnoff said during the hearing, via the
Las Vegas Review-Journal. “In the event that the court does
not accept the stipulations, Mr. Ruggs will be permitted to withdraw his guilty plea, proceed to trial and litigate all issues.”
Ruggs is due to appear in front District Judge Jennifer Schwartz on May 10 to formally enter his plea.
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Nevada law usually sets punishment for felony charge of DUI resulting with a death at 2-20 years in prison. Ruggs has agreed to this punishment to be adjusted to 3-10 years. The thing that is well known is that the Las Vegas convicted usually are released after the minimum sentence has be reached.
It's interesting to note that in Nov 2021 following the accident, Ruggs made bail and has been under house arrest with an ankle monitor ever since. Ruggs' attorneys have delayed the court dates for his hearing since his arrest. The original date of Ruggs' preliminary hearing was on December 16, 2021. It had been rescheduled to March 10, May 19 and September 7 in 2022, February 1 in 2023...........and now to May 10...............some busy attorneys at work!