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Baltimore County Judge Faces DUI Charges
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
WBAL Radio as reported by Bill Vanko and The Associated Press
The Harford County Sheriff's Office says a Baltimore County judge was arrested early Sunday morning on drunken-driving charges.
Circuit Court Judge Lawrence Daniels of Middle River was stopped by a deputy who saw him cross the shoulder line several times along Route 152 near Joppa. A police report says Daniels failed a field sobriety test and his blood-alcohol level was later measured at 0.09 percent. The legal limit is 0.08 percent.
Daniels did not return a telephone message Tuesday from The (Baltimore) Sun. The Circuit Court's administrative judge says the arrest does not affect Daniels' job status.
Why the hell doesn't it affect Daniels' job status. There's hardly a lawyer in the country who would seat a juror who admitted during voir dire that he was awaiting trial on any charge, much less DWI.
I would think that at the very least, anyone having faced Daniels on a DWI/DUI charge now has instant grounds for appeal, much less those who are about to stand trial before him.