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By MICHELE MAY
Rappahannock Newa Staff Writer
“This court would remind you that it has discretion in handing out punishment,” a seething Judge John Alexander told' the defense attorney for James F. Wehrkamp during general district court on November 15. “This man has a terrible record. The man before had a good record except for one or two transgressions.”
Wehrkamp, who was before the court for driving under the influence of alcohol and driving after having been declared a habitual offender, was fined $200 plus costs, sentenced to one month in jail with all but 48 hours suspended (with the 48 hours considered served because of Wehrkamp’s time in jail following his arrest) and had his right to apply for an operator’s license suspended for three years. His habitual offender charge was certified to the grand jury.
Wehrkamp’s lawyer, David Konick, had moved thaK
the charges be dropped aftj^ Deputy John Henry Woodward testified that he had pulled Wehrkamp over after the defendant allegedly yelled something out the truck window as he drove by. That did not constitute probable cause to arrest for driving under the influence, said Konick. When the judge disagreed, Konick asked that his client be assigned to VASAP, the motion Which met with the above-mentioned wrath. Konick said the judge had set a precedent in an earlier case that
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