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Will Congressman Vito J. Fossella serve a mandatory 5 day sentence for DWI in Virginia?

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Congressman Fossella of New York, the only Republican congressman from New York City, was arrested Thursday night and booked with an alcohol level of 0.17 in a state where the legal limit is 0.08.

He's scheduled to make a court appearance on May 12. The mandatory sentence, if convicted, is a 5 day jail sentence.
 
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Fossella pleads guilty and is sentenced to serve 5 days
40%
Fossella pleads guilty and does not have to serve any time
10%
Fossella pleads not guilty and does not serve any time
10%
Fossella pleads not guilty and has to serve some jail time
20%
Another plea agreement is reached
20%
Sun 1st Jun 9:52am PDT
All questions are settled by Hubdub according to settlement info provided by the question creator.

Settlement details: As reported by a major mainstream news source.

Suspend date: Mon 12th May 6:59am PDT

Initial likelihoods: Fossella pleads guilty and is sentenced to serve 5 days: 40%, Fossella pleads guilty and does not have to serve any time: 10%, Fossella pleads not guilty and does not serve any time: 10%, Fossella pleads not guilty and has to serve some jail time: 20%, Another plea agreement is reached: 20%

Action history:

Created Sat 3rd May 6:56am PDT by bayoubear
Suspended Mon 12th May 6:59am PDT : Suspend date reached
Settlement requested Mon 19th May 4:19pm PDT by ladylara: May 12 court appearance date past..
Clarified Tue 20th May 2:39am PDT by ryanj[Admin]: Although the May 12th date has passed no word has been reported on what has happened as of yet. I have a feeling that the court appearance has been delayed to a later date so we'll just wait.
Voided Sun 1st Jun 9:52am PDT by ryanj[Admin]: Not clear if this has happened not being covered in the news
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9 weeks ago
mattsnever predicted Fossella pleads not guilty and does not serve any time (H$100)
9 weeks ago
No user imagetoejam predicted Another plea agreement is reached (H$100)
9 weeks ago
myunion predicted Another plea agreement is reached (H$20)
9 weeks ago
myunion predicted Another plea agreement is reached (H$20)
9 weeks ago
randomkiller403 predicted Another plea agreement is reached (H$20)
10 weeks ago
bout3fitty predicted Another plea agreement is reached (H$200)
10 weeks ago
No user imagecici predicted Another plea agreement is reached (H$100)
10 weeks ago
bout3fitty predicted Another plea agreement is reached (H$200)
10 weeks ago
myunion predicted Another plea agreement is reached (H$20)
10 weeks ago
myunion predicted Another plea agreement is reached (H$20)
  1 No user imageErik
Wadya mean, "Not clear if this has happened not being covered in the news"
Geez Louise~~does this count???
http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/05/fossella_could_fight_dwi_rap_r.html
This market, obviously, should not have been voided!!
posted 6 weeks ago
  2 bayoubear
The hearing date has been reset for June 27 according to this site...

http://www.brooklyneagle.com/categories/category.php?category_id=27&id=20844

I didn't have an option for none of the above, in case of a delay as apparently happened...I may resubmit another form of the question and include other options...
posted 6 weeks ago

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