By Nathan Carrick – Gazette
A Gaithersburg man has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for a drunken-driving crash that injured a former judge, who had spared him jail time years before.
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Mothers Against Drunk Driving Vice President for Public Policy J.T. Griffin said crashes such as Fernandez’s are a tragedy in several ways.
"First, any time a drunk driver crashes it’s a tragedy because it could have been prevented," he said. "Sadly there’s a pattern in what we’re seeing not just in Maryland but across the country."
Experienced defense attorneys often are paired against inexperienced prosecutors, who are outmatched, he said.
Kudel’s website touts him as the "best DWI lawyer in the Washington metropolitan area."
According to Montgomery County Police, about 3,600 arrests for driving under the influence and driving while intoxicated were made each year between 2005 and 2009.
The number of convictions from these arrests was not available by Tuesday afternoon.
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