[Vision2020] Dan Noble released on $250K bond; May 5 hearing set

[Art Deco]

Surprisingly, Googling "caffeine-induced psychosis" results in finding some interesting material, not all of it consistent, not all of it credible.

However, less us not forget ala Aristotle:  When a crime is committed after first putting oneself into a state of ignorance (poor judgment), then two crimes have been committed, the first being putting oneself into a state of ignorance (poor judgment).

I think this is good advice for judges looking at a defense attorney's claims that being drunk, then committing a crime, for example, is a mitigating circumstance.  It's not.  It's a exacerbating circumstance.  The choice to get drunk was made knowing what possible consequences there are of being in that state.

It's hard to believe that any educated person would not know in this day and age that excessive doses of caffeine do affect one's judgment.

This will be an interesting case to follow.


W.


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Kenneth Marcy 
  To: vision2020 at moscow.com 
  Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2010 4:58 AM
  Subject: [Vision2020] Dan Noble released on $250K bond; May 5 hearing set


  Driver accused of hitting 2 at WSU to post bond 

  A Moscow, Idaho man accused of injuring two Washington State 
  University students in a December hit-and-run is expected to be 
  released from jail on a $250,000 bond.

  The Associated Press
  COLFAX, Wash. —

  A Moscow, Idaho man accused of injuring two Washington State 
  University students in a December hit-and-run is expected to be 
  released from jail on a $250,000 bond.

  Daniel Noble has pleaded not guilty to two felony counts of vehicular 
  assault, two felony counts of hit and run and misdemeanor resisting 
  arrest.

  The Lewiston Tribune reports Superior Court Judge David Frazier agreed 
  Friday to release Noble on bond and set a May 5 hearing to consider a 
  motion from the defense that seeks acquittal of the charges.

  Doctors at Eastern Washington State Hospital last month declared the 
  31-year-old fit to stand trial.

  Noble's attorney, Mark Moorer, has previously told the court his 
  client was suffering from caffeine-induced psychosis brought on by 
  too much coffee and energy drinks.

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  http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2011571304_apidwsupedestrianshit.html 

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