The legal and perhaps business worlds are tittering about how high-profile professional Stephen Wigginton got nailed for DUI and more.
Before his current job as partner at Armstrong Teasdale, he had been a U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of Illinois.
On Abovethelaw, lawyer-journalist Staci Zaretsky reports that when Wigginton was pulled over for suspected DUI and more, he did what many with his pedigree do. He became arrogant.
Essentially, he told the officer that he should know who he was and if he didn't, the officer's boss would. Yes, he denied that he had done anything wrong.
Later he took a plea, admitting guilt. And, lucky him, he has gotten off easy.
Okay, many others hammered with a DUI aren't so lucky.
However, the reality remains that most who find themselves in that pickle did not realize they shouldn't have been driving. Even a small amount of alcohol can dull the senses enough to impede judgment. In 36 years in the rooms of recovery I have never heard anyone say, "I got into the car, despite realizing I was impaired."
In every way, Wigginton was in the box. He expected deference from law enforcement. And he didn't anticipate being a menace on the road. That he initially denied guilt is also in the box of how the U.S. legal system operates.
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