NY DA: Don't dismiss Kennedy drugged-driving case

Published April 02, 2013

Associated Press

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. –  New York prosecutors are asking a judge to deny a motion to dismiss a drugged-driving case against Kerry Kennedy, the ex-wife of Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

In court documents made available Tuesday, prosecutors argue that Kennedy's case should move forward as it would for other first-time offenders.

Lawyers for Kennedy had argued in a motion filed in North Castle Town Court last month that she had accidently taken a sleeping pill on July 13, 2012, before she swerved into a tractor-trailer on a highway and was arrested.

But prosecutors argue that a trial should be held to determine whether Kennedy accidentally took the pill.

A lawyer for Kennedy says he'll respond to the motion this month.

Kennedy is the seventh of 11 children of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy.

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Attorneys reportedly ask judge to dismiss Ohio high school rape case

COLUMBUS, Ohio –  Attorneys for a high school football player facing rape accusations in Ohio are asking a judge to dismiss the case against him because they say the "unavailability of material witnesses" denies him his right to a fair trial.

A West Virginia judge last week rejected requests three juveniles be called to testify at the eastern Ohio trial of two high school football players charged with raping a 16-year-old girl. The girl is from West Virginia.

The juveniles' testimony was expected to bolster the players' defense against the charges.

Attorneys representing defendant Trent Mays on Monday filed a motion to dismiss, which was obtained by The Associated Press.

The two players go on trial Wednesday in Jefferson County juvenile court in Steubenville. Their attorneys have denied the charges.

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