06-14-2012, 02:43 PM
10 years. bye-bye coke ho.
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dead daughter
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June 14, 2012 Orlando Sentinel
A mother accused of crashing her car while driving drunk with her four children — killing one and injuring the others — was sentenced to 10 years in prison Thursday morning in a plea agreement.
Melissa Shonvette Johnson, 33, pleaded no contest to aggravated manslaughter of a child, a first-degree felony, and was convicted and taken into custody.
She will serve four years' probation after the prison term. Her license to drive was also permanently revoked.
The Florida Highway Patrol said Johnson crashed off Overland Road in April 2011. Her vehicle overturned, and she and 14-year-old daughter Daquasha Johnson were ejected.
Daquasha was killed in the crash. Johnson's three other children ages 10, 11 and 16 at the time, suffered minor injuries.
Troopers said Johnson's blood alcohol level was recorded at 0.24 — three times the legal limit for driving. When a trooper interviewing her at the hospital asked Johnson if she had been drinking, an arrest report says, she said she'd had "Crown Royal and coke."
The trooper asked if Johnson was referring to Coca-Cola, the report says, and she replied "No, I did Crown Royal and cocaine."
Johnson almost didn't take the plea, after a conflict over her financial obligations — prosecutors wanted Johnson to pay for any counseling her surviving children may need, but her defense said she can't afford to — led to a brief recess. Johnson returned after talking with her attorney and rejected the deal.
However, after the prosecutor said the state would make no further offers in the case and the judge pointed out that Johnson would face 30 years in prison if convicted on the same charge at trial, Johnson tearfully took the deal.
Johnson's defense had planned to argue she was suffering from battered-spouse syndrome at the time of the crash if the case had gone to trial, court filings show. OH PLEASE!
Her aunt, who has custody of Johnson's other children, testified before sentencing that Johnson is very "regretful" about what happened, and her family is "devastated about everything that happened, but we do love her."
video report:
http://www.wftv.com/news/news/local/mom-...dau/nPT7j/
dead daughter
June 14, 2012 Orlando Sentinel
A mother accused of crashing her car while driving drunk with her four children — killing one and injuring the others — was sentenced to 10 years in prison Thursday morning in a plea agreement.
Melissa Shonvette Johnson, 33, pleaded no contest to aggravated manslaughter of a child, a first-degree felony, and was convicted and taken into custody.
She will serve four years' probation after the prison term. Her license to drive was also permanently revoked.
The Florida Highway Patrol said Johnson crashed off Overland Road in April 2011. Her vehicle overturned, and she and 14-year-old daughter Daquasha Johnson were ejected.
Daquasha was killed in the crash. Johnson's three other children ages 10, 11 and 16 at the time, suffered minor injuries.
Troopers said Johnson's blood alcohol level was recorded at 0.24 — three times the legal limit for driving. When a trooper interviewing her at the hospital asked Johnson if she had been drinking, an arrest report says, she said she'd had "Crown Royal and coke."
The trooper asked if Johnson was referring to Coca-Cola, the report says, and she replied "No, I did Crown Royal and cocaine."
Johnson almost didn't take the plea, after a conflict over her financial obligations — prosecutors wanted Johnson to pay for any counseling her surviving children may need, but her defense said she can't afford to — led to a brief recess. Johnson returned after talking with her attorney and rejected the deal.
However, after the prosecutor said the state would make no further offers in the case and the judge pointed out that Johnson would face 30 years in prison if convicted on the same charge at trial, Johnson tearfully took the deal.
Johnson's defense had planned to argue she was suffering from battered-spouse syndrome at the time of the crash if the case had gone to trial, court filings show. OH PLEASE!
Her aunt, who has custody of Johnson's other children, testified before sentencing that Johnson is very "regretful" about what happened, and her family is "devastated about everything that happened, but we do love her."
video report:
http://www.wftv.com/news/news/local/mom-...dau/nPT7j/