WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Florida jurors for a second time have convicted the founder of the International Polo Club in a fatal drunken-driving crash.
The Palm Beach Post (http://bit.ly/133ktK7) reports that jurors took four hours to convict 51-year-old John Goodman Tuesday of DUI manslaughter and vehicular homicide after a three-week trial.
His 2012 conviction was overturned because of a juror’s misconduct.
Police say a drunken Goodman ran a stop sign in February 2010 and rammed his black Bentley into 23-year-old Scott Patrick Wilson’s car, causing it to roll into a canal.
Authorities say Goodman left the scene in Palm Beach County and waited nearly an hour to call 911.
The defense argued that an inaccurate test elevated his blood-alcohol level that prosecutors said was 0.177, twice the legal limit to drive. They also argued they no longer had access to the Bentley to prove it may have malfunctioned.
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Information from: The Palm Beach (Fla.) Post, http://www.pbpost.com
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