Opinion ID: 2495239
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Walker's Prosecution

Text: Walker's trial on the DUI and standing-in-the-roadway charges was set for September 10, 2002. On September 9, 2002, Walker's counsel requested a continuance, stating that she had just been retained, that she had a conflict on the trial date, and that Walker had been diagnosed with a cerebral brain hemorrhage and [had been] hospitalized at University [of Alabama] Hospital in Birmingham in August and was still under a doctor's care. The municipal court granted that continuance and the hearing was reset for November 19, 2002. On that date, the City requested a continuance pending an analysis of the pills Watkins had recovered from Walker's purse. The municipal court granted the City's request. On November 22, 2002, the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences reported that the pills recovered from Walker's purse were noncontrolled caffeine pills. At the next hearing date, January 28, 2003, the municipal court dismissed the case. Walker's son, who was present at that hearing, testified that the prosecutor for the City wanted to proceed with the claims against Walker unless she released the City from liability.