Looks like Augie Garrido plead this morning. What the statesman doesn’t say is that he will not be doing any time in jail. That four day sentence gets cut in half to two days by the Sheriff’s office. It’s called good time credit and everyone gets it. Also since he did one day in jail for his arrest he now only has to do one day and pay his fine and court costs. He gets another days credit on the day he shows up to pay his fine and court costs. So essentially his fine is his sentence. That along with a license suspension and a DPS surcharge for three years. This is an okay deal, a reduction to Reckless Driving or Obstructing a passageway would’ve been better.
Garrido sentenced to four days for DWI
By American-Statesman staff | Thursday, July 16, 2009, 09:44 AM
University of Texas baseball coach Augie Garrido, who previously pleaded guilty to drunken driving in downtown Austin, was sentenced to four days in the Travis County Jail today and fined $500.
Prosecutors had asked that he serve five days, but judge Elisabeth Earle placed his punishment at four days.
“We understand and respect her decision,” County Attorney David Escamilla said.
Austin police have said Garrido was driving a Porsche Cayenne west on Sixth Street at about 1 a.m. Jan. 17 when an officer in the department’s DWI enforcement team noticed the car’s headlights were not on.
After a sobriety test, Garrido told the officer he had five glasses of wine and was intoxicated, police have said.
Augie Garrido pleaded guilty to drunken driving in court Feb. 2.
Garrido had issued a public apology, calling his actions a “serious mistake,” and said that he would learn from what happened.
UT officials suspended Garrido for the first four games of the 2009 season.
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