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DWI Attorney Found In Contempt For Showing Up To Court Drunk
Some lawyers have trouble relating to the law-breakers they represent. This one, unfortunately, doesn't.
Attorney John Wayne Higgins, who specializes in DWI law, wasn't scheduled to appear before Albuquerque Metropolitan Court Judge Julie Altwies last Wednesday. But that didn't stop him from hanging out in her courtroom for about 45 minutes before the judge called in a probation officer to check his blood alcohol content.
Higgins had business in the courthouse, but he went into the wrong courtroom, and no one cared what he had to say, least of all the judge.
The 69-year-old attorney's blood alcohol content measured at .11 percent, according to KQRE. The presumed level for intoxication in New Mexico is .08 percent. He was taken into custody and then to an area hospital. ...............(more)
The complete piece is at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/05/john-higgins-drunk-lawyer_n_3708804.html?utm_hp_ref=weird-news