Billy Lane DUI case still on hold – Blood work being looked at
Viera, Florida - The DUI Manslaughter charges held against Melbourne custom motorcycle builder Billy Lane remain pending after his case went before Judge Allawas this morning during the 9:00 calendar call.
Robert Berry of the law firm Eisenmenger Berry & Peters, P.A, was present to represent and speak on behalf of Defendant, William D. Lane, who was not present. Robert Berry asked the court to continue the case stating that he and assistant State Attorney, Mike Brown were working diligently on trying to clear some questions surrounding the blood work. You may recall, that the blood work Mr. Barry has mentioned was taken from Billy Lane at the hospital over 45 minutes after the crash happened that took the life of 56 year old Gerald Morelock of Melbourne Beach, Florida back on September 4, 2006.
The blood was sent to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement crime lab and it was determined that Billy Lane had a blood alcohol content of .192 at the time the blood was drawn. Lane was later charged with DUI Manslaughter and could face up to 15 years imprisonment by Florida State law. The Judge granted the continuance and set the next date for docket sounding of September 21, 2007 which will exceed a year since the date of the crash. State Attorney Mike Brown had told me that these type of cases typically take around 18 months to complete the process.
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July 20th, 2007 at 1:24 am
Billy, if you’re out there, show us that you’re man enough to do the right thing. Admit you screwed up, that you killed someone and stop this profane attempt at satisfying your narcissistic hubris.
July 26th, 2007 at 7:12 pm
IMPORTANT NEWS UPCOMING HERE ONLY !!!
July 2nd, 2008 at 1:25 pm
0.192 is bogus. That’s like 2 beers. DUI laws are absurd. They can’t apprehend the truly *drunk* drivers, so they change the definition of *drunk* instead to make perps easier to find. Remember not so long ago, Drunk was 0.2? Before that it was even higher.
Heck at 0.192, Billy was probably driving better and safer than 90% of the bluehairs down here who kill bikers all the time. My pal Steve was killed in Palm Bay FL only last month by some 84 year old.
If she walks then Billy should definitely walk.