A Very Fine Line

On one of the happiest occasions of his life DAN BRENNAN a high school football coach has a few beers with friends to celebrate. On his way home after consuming a few beers his way home he hits a man jogging alongside a dark and remote country road who he doesn't see because of being blinded by the lights of an oncoming tractor-trailer. </P><P>When a Breathalyzer test reveals that he is ever so slightly above the legal limit he is charged with DUI Manslaughter after the man dies as a result of the injuries sustained in the collision.</P><P>DAN is suspended as a coach pending the investigation and trial and his job as a teacher is in jeopardy if convicted. His wife files for divorce. The family of the deceased man sues him. His life literally hangs in the balance.</p><P>Dan decides to risk everything he has worked for his whole life in order to vindicate himself by way of a trial before a jury of six strangers. In the end a fine line separates winning from losing a guilty verdict from a verdict of not guilty a very fine line. </P><P>This book takes a reader from arrest to verdict in language non-lawyers can easily understand. I heartily endorse it. </P><P>Robert E. Jagger former Public Defender in and for Pinellas and Pasco Counties Florida 1961-1996. </P><P> as realistic a portrayal of the human tragedy involved in a DUI Manslaughter case as I have read. </P><P>Patrick D. Doherty Criminal Defense Lawyer Clearwater Florida. </P><P>This story reads as true to the real thing as anything I have ever read. This is how it really is. </P><P>Eugene F. Zenobi Criminal Defense Lawyer Miami Florida </P>