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Judge grants Williams a new trial
A Nevada appeals judge granted Jessica Williams a new trial after defense lawyer John Watkins successfully argued the controversial statute under which she was convicted did not specifically address metabolite produced by marijuana. Such evidence was presented to the jury that in February 2001 convicted Williams, a former stripper and admitted daily pot smoker, of a crash that
killed six teens on a Las Vegas highway.
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Williams gets 18 to 48 years
Judge Mark Gibbons sentenced Jessica Williams to six consecutive terms of three to eight years for the deaths of six teens killed when she crashed into them on a Las Vegas highway. She had faced a maximum sentence of 120 years in prison, but did not get more lenient concurrent terms.
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Watch Williams' statement to the court
Williams found guilty of driving with drugs in her system
Feb. 14, 2001: Attorneys spar in closings
Feb. 13, 2001: Defense wraps up
Feb. 12, 2001: More defense experts say Williams was sober
Feb. 9, 2001: Toxicologist, nurses say Williams wasn't impaired
Feb. 8, 2001: Medical personnel testify for defense
Feb. 7, 2001: Prosecution ends with toxicologist, reconstructionists
Feb. 6, 2001: Eyewitnesses describe Williams before, after crash
Feb. 5, 2001: Openings and tearful testimony start trial
Case background
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