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 Dad gets life sentence for baby's cocaine death [TX] 
#8541025 - 06/19/08 01:43 PM (3 years, 11 months ago) |
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Man given life for letting infant suck on his cocaine-tainted fingers
June 19, 2008 - khou.com
Houston – A man whose teething infant died after apparently sucking on his father's cocaine-tainted fingers has been sentenced to life in prison.
Dennis Ray Driver, 26, was convicted Wednesday of felony murder for the overdose death of his 8-month-old son, Dennis Jr. The jury also fined Driver $10,000.
Driver said he fell asleep at his apartment on Dec. 28 with his son lying on his chest. When he awoke, the baby wasn't breathing. The infant died the next day at a hospital.
Driver had told investigators that he had chopped up cocaine and the baby later sucked on his fingers, prosecutor Murray Newman said.
Newman said he didn't believe Driver fed the cocaine to his son.
"We weren't trying to prove that he intentionally caused the death," he said. "This sends a message to parents to protect their children from any contact with illegal drugs."
Newman said medical testimony showed that a trace amount of cocaine could have caused acute cocaine toxicity in the baby, who had metabolized cocaine in his bloodstream and undigested cocaine in his stomach.
Defense attorney Hattie Shannon said her client was disappointed with the verdict and the sentence. Driver maintained his innocence throughout the trial, she said.
Newman said Driver had at least eight previous convictions, including six that were related to cocaine. The Houston Chronicle reported Wednesday in its online edition that when the baby died, Driver was free on bail on a cocaine possession charge.
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Re: Dad gets life sentence for baby's cocaine death [TX] [Re: veggie]
#8541084 - 06/19/08 02:07 PM (3 years, 11 months ago) |
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How did this guy have eight previous convictions without being in prison?
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Re: Dad gets life sentence for baby's cocaine death [TX] [Re: Irieforester]
#8541106 - 06/19/08 02:15 PM (3 years, 11 months ago) |
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Cant fall asleep high on cocaine
fuckin noob ass excuse haha. I passed out after doing a hole bunch of coke with my baby unattended
Deserves a sentence for the poor excuse alone!
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Re: Dad gets life sentence for baby's cocaine death [TX] [Re: ultimo101]
#8541280 - 06/19/08 03:05 PM (3 years, 11 months ago) |
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ive passed out right after doing a line before...i think its because i was up for five hours straight hitting it every 30 minutes to an hour. i did a line and went to bed.
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Re: Dad gets life sentence for baby's cocaine death [TX] [Re: ultimo101]
#8541303 - 06/19/08 03:13 PM (3 years, 11 months ago) |
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Quote:
ultimo101 said:
Cant fall asleep high on cocaine
fuckin noob ass excuse haha. I passed out after doing a hole bunch of coke with my baby unattended
Deserves a sentence for the poor excuse alone!
It never said he was high it just said he was cutting up some cocaine, he might have been putting it in bags instead of up his nose.
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Re: Dad gets life sentence for baby's cocaine death [TX] [Re: ultimo101]
#8541628 - 06/19/08 04:42 PM (3 years, 11 months ago) |
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Quote:
ultimo101 said:
Cant fall asleep high on cocaine
fuckin noob ass excuse haha. I passed out after doing a hole bunch of coke with my baby unattended
Deserves a sentence for the poor excuse alone!
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deserves a sentence for the poor excuse alone!
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Re: Dad gets life sentence for baby's cocaine death [TX] [Re: Irieforester]
#8541955 - 06/19/08 06:23 PM (3 years, 11 months ago) |
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Quote:
Irieforester said:
How did this guy have eight previous convictions without being in prison?
he already served time for those 8 convictions
they merely stated his record
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Re: Dad gets life sentence for baby's cocaine death [TX] [Re: Coaster]
#8545533 - 06/20/08 06:58 PM (3 years, 11 months ago) |
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As much as an advocate for choice as i am, this is disgusting. I am pro-choice for responsible people, some drug user who kills someone due to negligence like that deserves their fate. It's sad that 2 people had to lose their lives over something as stupid and preventable as this.
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