Monday, September 19, 2011
WARREN — The 11th District Court of Appeals has rejected legal arguments asking that Keith Urso, 50, of Warren, be granted a new trial on his 15th drunken-driving conviction that resulted in a 10-year prison term late last year.
Urso’s attorneys questioned the fairness of being unable to cross-examine a witness and asked the court to throw out the results of a blood-alcohol test that was performed with a machine plugged into the same outlet as a small refrigerator.
After the October trial, Urso’s attorney, Anthony Consoldane of the Trumbull County Public Defender’s Office, said rulings in the case made it “the most one-sided case I’ve ever been involved in.” Consoldane retired recently after many years as a defense attorney.
Consoldane said it was unfair that he was unable to cross-examine a witness who described Urso’s behavior behind the wheel Jan. 31, 2010, in Bazetta Township.
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