(AP) – A Georgia man charged with manslaughter withdrew his
guilty plea on the day he was to be sentenced in Boone County.
The Columbia Daily Tribune reports 47-year-old Anthony West withdrew the plea
Monday. Circuit Judge Jodie Asel says this was the second time West didn’t admit
to being reckless in a sentencing report. A previous judge didn’t accept West’s
plea and recused herself from the case in December after there was no admittance
to recklessness, which is required for a manslaughter plea.
County prosecutor Jessica Caldera says West was ignoring signs warning of a
crash ahead as he was driving a tractor-trailer on Interstate 70 in 2015,
resulting in a vehicle crash that killed 79-year-old Margaret Haile. West’s
attorney Andrew Popplewell says his client was reckless because he failed to
slow down despite the warning signs.
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