The person accused of killing NHL famous person Johnny Gaudreau and his little brother final 12 months simply pleaded not responsible to the prison fees towards him.
Sean Higgins issued the pleas in a New Jersey court docket room at a post-indictment arraignment on Tuesday morning … turning down a proposal from prosecutors that might have resulted in a 35-year jail sentence.
The case will now transfer towards a trial — though Higgins is due again in court docket for added proceedings in February.
Higgins is at present going through half a dozen fees within the case — together with vehicular murder and aggravated manslaughter — after he allegedly ran over Gaudreau and his 29-year-old brother, Matthew, in August in an vehicle vs. bike crash.
Prosecutors allege Higgins was drunk on the time of the wreck — and have accused him of getting a historical past of aggressive driving and street rage.
Higgins’ attorneys urged the general public “to keep in mind that our shopper is presumed harmless till confirmed responsible” following Tuesday’s listening to … including, “We consider that the information of this case will reveal that this tragedy was not the results of any malfeasance however fairly a mixture of uniquely unlucky circumstances unlikely to ever happen once more.”
