The following is a press release issued by the Mendocino County District Attorney’s Office:
A Mendocino County Superior Court jury returned from its deliberations Wednesday afternoon to announce it had found the trial defendant guilty as charged.
Defendant Lindsay Ann Nielsen, age 41, of Ukiah, was convicted of driving a motor vehicle on May 18, 2024 with a blood alcohol .08 or greater, a misdemeanor.
The defendant admitted prior to a jury being selected and empaneled that she has suffered two prior DUI convictions within the last ten years – the first in Lake County Superior Court in May 2017 and the second in the same court in November 2017.
These strategic admissions eliminated the need for the eventual jury to know about and, in turn, have to decide whether these prior convictions had occurred, as the DA had alleged.
The law enforcement agencies that presented testimony during the course of the trial were the California Highway Patrol and the California Department of Justice crime laboratory.
The prosecutor who presented the People’s evidence at trial was Deputy District Attorney David Moutrie.
Retired Mendocino County Superior Court Judge John Behnke presided over the three-day trial.
How is this news?
Right?! What is the significance of this one instance that makes it special enough to create a news article about it??
Why in the hell doesn’t someone take away her driver’s license. So she’s can’t drive what’s wrong with the Judge.
The judge hasn’t sentenced her.
Wonderful that she was convicted. Great example of the convoluted and weak Court processes within Mendocino County. It’s kind of funny to watch the visiting judges coming give Praises when the people that are stuck in these courtrooms cry of the Terrors and dysfunction never to be heard. Good thing this one is convicted but that doesn’t mean anything that’s going to stop her from driving she’s still going to drive just like many of these others it’s not her first rodeo and it won’t be her last Rodeo what do you do with that?
The truly heartbreaking thing about it all is she will be driving again most likely make kill someone and won’t even do any jail time for that! The Bean case comes to mind. There are MANY other examples in our counties judicial history to look at.
The bean incident makes me sick. Had she not ran and turned herself in, she probably would have been arrested for DUI and sent to prison. Her kid was seen bragging about how her mom killed a kid and got away with it. Low lifes will continue to have low lives. I don’t pity her.
If you look up north into Humboldt county, you can also look at the case of Marci Kitchen. That monster was drunk driving, killed HER OWN DAUGHTER and her daughters friend. Drove home, tried to cover it up, but was eventually convicted. If memory serves, she was in jail for about 6 months before she got let out. That isn’t justice.
3 DUI’s should be a minimum of a year in jail and a permanent loss of liscence. But no… they will wait til she takes an innocent person’s life and act all surprised about it. She is an alcoholic. If you have 3 DUI’s you have a serious problem and should be FORCED into rehab.
I agree. Alcohol, more than any drug should require forced rehab. And alcohol companies should pay for it.
The bean incident makes me sick. Had she not ran and turned herself in, she probably would have been arrested for DUI and sent to prison. Her kid was seen bragging about how her mom killed a kid and got away with it. Low lifes will continue to have low lives. I don’t pity her.