Judge accepts Billy Lane’s no-contest plea
VIERA — A Brevard judge today accepted motorcycle builder Billy Lane’s plea of no contest to a single felony count of vehicular homicide.
He faces a cap of about nine years in prison when he is sentenced at 9 a.m. Aug. 14 by Circuit Judge Robert Burger. Prosecutors dropped a DUI manslaughter charge under the terms of the plea bargain.
The deal also mandates a lifetime license suspension, though defense lawyer Greg Eisenmenger said Lane might be able to retain use of it for specific purposes, such as work.
Probation, house arrest or alcohol and drug provisions will be up to the discretion of the judge.
Police said Lane’s blood-alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit when he crossed a double yellow line to pass slow traffic on State Road A1A south of Melbourne Beach on Labor Day 2006.
Lane, 39, crashed his Dodge pickup head on into Sebastian Inlet park ranger Gerald Morelock‘s motorcycle, killing the 56-year-old man instantly.
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Hey Bro, He did the crime, he must do the time! He killed a biker DUI and crossing a double yellow line! He is not above the law and should know better as a biker himself! He did what all the dumb cage drivers do when they kill or maim a motorcyclist, didn’t look out for bikers and DUI. Sorry man, you loose and have to pay the piper. Little Joe-Fl.
what if that was your family member that you never get to see or talk to again . he was drunk and crossed a double yellow ,to bad it was Billy, he should do life, that family does…
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