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TRIAL JUDGE TO RULE
ON USING BLOOD TEST RESULTS
Article ID: 9806080381
Published on June 7, 1998 - The Blade (Toledo, OH)
Judge Frederick McDonald of Lucas County Common Pleas
Court said he will rule tomorrow on whether prosecutors
can use the results of a blood-alcohol test performed at
St. Luke's Hospital after an auto accident that killed
four people. He said he would have his ruling prior to
the scheduled beginning of the trial of Theodore Williams,
56, of Ypsilanti, Mich., who is charged with four counts
of vehicular homicide and four counts of involuntary manslaughter
resulting from the crash.
Prosecutors charge that on Nov. 1, 1997, his car crossed the center line in the
7800 block of Airport Highway in Springfield Township and crashed head-on into
the westbound auto of Tyrone Scott, 27, of Secor Road. Prosecutors contend that
Mr. Williams was under the influence of alcohol when the crash occurred. Lorin
Zaner, attorney for Mr. Williams, contends that the blood alcohol content should
not be admitted because the hospital used procedures that differ from those used
by police agencies in drunken driving cases.
Mr. Scott and his nephew, Andrew Scott, 5, were pronounced dead at the scene.
Tyrone Scott's mother, Susan Scott, 52, of Dix Lane, died a short time later
in St. Luke's Hospital and his daughter, Rachel, 7, died not long after being
admitted to Medical College of Ohio Hospital.
Mr. Williams also is charged with aggravated vehicular assault stemming from
injuries suffered by Mr. Scott's son, Julian, 9. Conviction on that charge carries
a term of 6 to 18 months in jail. It is possible to be convicted on all of the
other eight counts, but only sentenced on four of them. Each charge carries a
sentence of one to five years in prison.
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