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Originally Posted by Stryker
Rice, 23, now faces eight charges in the case -- six counts of collision involving bodily injury, one count of collision involving serious bodily injury and one count of aggravated assault, according to the arrest warrant. All of the charges are felonies.
Collision involving injury carries a penalty of imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for not more than five years or confinement in the county jail for not more than one year, a fine fine not to exceed $5,000 or both. Collision involving serious bodily injury -- a third-degree felony -- carries a punishment of imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice of not more than 10 years or less than 2 years. Aggravated assault -- a second-degree felony -- is punishable by two to 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $10,000.
So Rice is cooked then? Just ****ing great.  |
This is the exact statutory scheme as the 'leaving the scene' charges. I think DaFace got it exactly right - these ARE the leaving the scene charges and they're exactly what I expected them to be except for the 'involving serious bodily injury' charge which absolutely will not stick (seriously, look up the definition of serious bodily injury in the statute - it ain't happening).
The weird one is the aggravated assault one. Still no idea where it came from.
The six counts of 'collision involving bodily injury' is misstated and it's just the leaving the scene stuff. Those are going to be handled as misdemeanors. The 7th count is going to get dropped - there's a zero percent change they get that to work within the statute.
The aggravated assault feels like piling on for the purposes of a plea deal.
This still seems like it's progressing about as I expected it to go, though the assault charge is odd.