DUI scooter charges thrown out of court
It was by chance that the case was assigned to David Clark, one of several attorneys on the court-appointed defense roster for indigent clients in the 86th District Court.
Clark has been around for years, he fights tenaciously for his clients, and he is confined to a wheelchair.
It happened that his newest client, William Shaw Lyon, also uses a wheelchair. Although Lyon can walk, he suffered a closed head injury and a foot injury and has trouble getting around.
At first, Clark said he thought Lyon’s charges stemmed from a run-of-the-mill drunk driving case. He thought Lyon was caught drunk on a moped. As he got involved, though, he discovered this was no ordinary case.
Lyon was charged with third-offense drunk driving for operating what is essentially a motorized wheelchair on Garfield Avenue on the evening of Sept. 8.
“I probably took it a little more personally than someone else would,” Clark said.
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