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Judge should OK DWI victim's prepared remarks

Nicolas and Edita Bonilla react to a judge's

Photo credit: Newsday / Alejandra Villa | Nicolas and Edita Bonilla react to a judge's decision to overturn the 2010 DWI conviction of Erin Marino, who was driving the car that hit their family minivan in June of 2009. (March 9, 2011)

Judge George Peck wouldn't permit a victim's advocate to read a statement on Edita Bonilla's behalf during a sentencing hearing in a drunken driving case that's set to resume in Nassau Tuesday.

While Peck had no obligation to allow anyone other than Bonilla to talk about what happened after a Hicksville woman convicted of driving drunk slammed into back of a minivan carrying her family, last...

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