PASCAGOULA, Miss. (AP) - Attorneys for a Pascagoula police officer want to change the location of his upcoming trial stemming from the traffic death of a teenager.
Attorneys filed a motion Thursday arguing that pretrial publicity would prevent a fair trial in Jackson County for 44-year-old Daniel Roy Snyder. Snyder is charged with leaving the scene of the accident.
The Sun Herald reports (https://bit.ly/1qlsdkn) that Snyder was off duty the night of Feb. 22, when 16-year-old Kaytlynn Brann was struck by a truck as she walked down a street. She died the following day.
Snyder had a blood-alcohol level of .102 when he was administered a portable breath test 45 minutes after the accident, records show. A blood test taken several hours later at Singing River Hospital showed a level of .06. A third blood test taken after midnight showed Snyder’s blood alcohol level at .05.
It’s illegal to drive with a blood-alcohol level of 0.08 percent or above.
Jackson County Circuit Judge Dale Harkey has ruled the blood-alcohol evidence can be used in court, though the state won’t be allowed to give estimates of Snyder’s blood-alcohol level at the time of the accident.
Snyder is suspended without pay from the Pascagoula Police Department.
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Information from: The Sun Herald, https://www.sunherald.com
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