Judge rejects 'too drunk' defense
Michael Zeigler
Staff writer
(February 2, 2008) — Although Cyon Badger admitted shooting an innocent bystander during a dispute on Monroe Avenue last summer, he claimed he was too drunk to know what he was doing.
But a judge Friday rejected that defense, finding Badger guilty of intentionally killing Adam Emling and attempting to kill bouncer Frank Hall.
Ruling after a nonjury trial Badger requested, Monroe County Court Judge Frank P. Geraci Jr. convicted Badger of second-degree murder in Emling's death and attempted second-degree murder for trying to kill Hall.
Badger, 41, will be sentenced Feb. 20. He faces a prison term of 15 years to life to 25 years to life for murder and another 25 years for attempted murder.
Emling's family declined to speak after the verdict. Assistant District Attorney Joanne M. Winslow said they have been devastated by their son's slaying.
"I don't know if this brings closure (to Emling's family)," she said. "I don't know if they can ever have closure. They lost a totally innocent 24-year-old son."
Emling, a Florida native who came to Rochester nine months before he was killed and was living in Irondequoit, was slain outside Mark's Texas Hots on July 14, 2007.
Badger got into a fight with three young men after leaving Callahan's bar on Monroe Avenue. Hall, a bouncer at Mark's Texas Hots, intervened at one point and Badger left.
Badger went to his apartment across the street, got a 12-gauge shotgun and returned to shoot and wound Hall "for what he did to me," Badger said in a statement to police. Emling had no role in the previous fight but was standing outside.
Badger lowered the gun to shoot Hall and pulled the trigger, but the gun didn't fire and Hall ran back into Mark's, Winslow said. Badger loaded a new shell into the gun, pointed the gun at a woman standing next to Emling, then pointed it at Emling and fired from as close as two feet, she said.
Emling was hit in the abdomen.
Anti-DUI
Man so drunk he could not remember car attack
A CLITHEROE man lashed out at a car as it drove past him in the town's Church Brow, causing £100 worth of damage.
Blackburn magistrates heard the driver, Steven Jones, and his girlfriend were shocked by the unprovoked attack.
The man responsible, 32-year-old Damian James Turner, later told police he had drunk so much he could not remember what happened.
Turner, of Standen Road, Clitheroe, admitted criminal damage. He was given a conditional discharge for six months and ordered to pay £60 in compensation. A charge of being drunk and disorderly was withdrawn.
Mr Jonathan Taylor (defending) said his client accepted it had been a very unpleasant incident for the couple in the car. "He is the first to admit he has a problem with alcohol," said Mr Taylor.
A CLITHEROE man lashed out at a car as it drove past him in the town's Church Brow, causing £100 worth of damage.
Blackburn magistrates heard the driver, Steven Jones, and his girlfriend were shocked by the unprovoked attack.
The man responsible, 32-year-old Damian James Turner, later told police he had drunk so much he could not remember what happened.
Turner, of Standen Road, Clitheroe, admitted criminal damage. He was given a conditional discharge for six months and ordered to pay £60 in compensation. A charge of being drunk and disorderly was withdrawn.
Mr Jonathan Taylor (defending) said his client accepted it had been a very unpleasant incident for the couple in the car. "He is the first to admit he has a problem with alcohol," said Mr Taylor.
Let's Go Giants!!! Pt. II
Giants' Awasom arrested for drunk driving
Super Bowl Sunday has garnered a reputation for drunken behaviour, not to mention, sadly, as a day for drunken driving. But despite the constant reminders of the dangers of drinking and driving throughout the media in advance of this coming Sunday, some of the players it turns out, haven't been listening.
New York Giants defensive end Adrian Awasom was arrested for allegedly driving drunk last nigt, according to KNXV-TV in Phoenix. Officials from the Arizona Department of Public Safety said the 24-year-old Awasom was taken into custody sometime within the last 24 hours.
The positive for Giants fans was that Awasom was already on injured reserve and not scheduled to play in Super Bowl XLII in Glendale on Sunday and therefore likely wasn't out carousing with Eli and Plaxico.
Super Bowl Sunday has garnered a reputation for drunken behaviour, not to mention, sadly, as a day for drunken driving. But despite the constant reminders of the dangers of drinking and driving throughout the media in advance of this coming Sunday, some of the players it turns out, haven't been listening.
New York Giants defensive end Adrian Awasom was arrested for allegedly driving drunk last nigt, according to KNXV-TV in Phoenix. Officials from the Arizona Department of Public Safety said the 24-year-old Awasom was taken into custody sometime within the last 24 hours.
The positive for Giants fans was that Awasom was already on injured reserve and not scheduled to play in Super Bowl XLII in Glendale on Sunday and therefore likely wasn't out carousing with Eli and Plaxico.
Like Gayle Guyardo Pt. II
Drunk Announcer Quits Sports News
Lim Kyeong-jin, a Korean newscaster, pulled a Guyardo, and went on the air feeling a bit under the weather. Wow. Two newscasters in under a week! Perhaps Gayle proved to be more of a trailblazer than I first imagined. Whether or not Lim was drunk when the picture to the right was taken has still yet to be determined.
Story by Kim Rahn below. And I for one believe that drunk reporting is perfectly acceptable.
A famous MBC TV announcer quit hosting the sports news in the wake of making on air gaffes while under the influence of alcohol.
When hosting the program on Thursday evening, announcer Lim Kyeong-jin failed to read the script properly and kept slurring his words.
TV viewers suspected Lim may have been drunk, and he admitted that he drank before hosting the program. He had drinks during lunch on the day with the program's staff to celebrate the Korean handball teams' victory after returning to Korea Wednesday from Japan where the games were held.
``He slept for a while after drinking, but was not completely sobered up. Staff members did not realize the extent of his intoxication,'' Sung Kyung-hwan, the MBC announcer team head, said.
``Lim is a veteran in sports news commentating and he has reflected on his behavior. However, hosting news under the influence of alcohol cannot be accepted on any account,'' he said.
Lim was replaced with another announcer Friday. MBC is considering taking disciplinary action.
Television viewers posted writings criticizing Lim. An Internet user with the ID ``duduri'' said, ``I understand every human makes mistakes. However, drunk reporting is not acceptable, as broadcasting is for all people of the nation.''
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