Henry Ruggs lawyers want blood-alcohol evidence excluded from court

Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III was involved in a car crash earlier late last year that resulted in the death of at least one person as well as a dog. He'll be facing charges, and is facing decades in prison if convicted. Not long after the news broke, the Raiders cut ties with him.

And the details surrounding the accident are extremely difficult to read or even comprehend. According to police, Ruggs was traveling at 156 MPH in a residential area with a blood alcohol level over twice that of the legal limit. Additionally, his girlfriend was with him in the car, along with a loaded gun. He's been formally charged with four felonies as well as a misdemeanor.

And now, Ruggs attorneys are arguing that the blood sample that was used to determine Ruggs' intoxication should be inadmissible in court. They contend that the law enforcement who drew the sample didn't have a basis for doing so. 

“True probable cause did not exist,” attorneys David Chesnoff and Richard Schonfeld argued in a filing submitted last month. “The mere fact of Mr. Ruggs’s involvement in a fatal vehicle collision does not, in itself, give rise to probable cause to believe he was driving under the influence of alcohol.”

 What a travesty this would be if he were to get a reduced/lenient sentence because of this attempted loophole.