{"id":222,"date":"2013-12-12T15:04:39","date_gmt":"2013-12-12T15:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.massachusettscriminaldefenselawyerblog.com\/2013\/12\/dui-defense-attorney-comments.html"},"modified":"2013-12-12T15:04:39","modified_gmt":"2013-12-12T15:04:39","slug":"dui-defense-attorney-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/dui-defense-attorney-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"Reckless endangerment statute used in Connecticut to impose criminal liability for preventing DUI fatality involving teens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two tragic DUI related accidents have resulted in charges in Connecticut for reckless endangerment as a result of failing to prevent the minor from driving drunk, causing the fatalities.    As a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\">Massachusetts DUI Lawyer<\/a>, these cases raise issue of national significance and could set precedent for prosecuting failing to prevent a drunk driving accident and for the expansion of these types of statutes by legislatures.<\/p>\n<p>The first set of charges were filed as part of the investigation of the death of 17 year old Jane Modlesky, according to numerous <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wtnh.com\/news\/crime\/teens-charged-in-drunk-driving-death\" target=\"_blank\">news accounts of the investigation<\/a>. The arrests of the two teenage boys came after the local district attorney charged another 17 year old teen with permitting the victim and other minors to possess alcohol during her house party earlier that evening. <\/p>\n<p>Police investigators stated that Modlesky was heavily intoxicated after leaving an party late into the night with four teenage boys in a car belonging to the host of the party. Police arrested the two boys who are alleged to have been the last people to see Modlesky after they drove themselves home with the car, leaving Madlesky to drive away while intoxicated. <\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/dui-defense-attorney-comments\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Reckless endangerment statute used in Connecticut to impose criminal liability for preventing DUI fatality involving teens\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two tragic DUI related accidents have resulted in charges in Connecticut for reckless endangerment as a result of failing to prevent the minor from driving drunk, causing the fatalities. 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