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At some point, the prosecutor believed that either Holle wasn’t as guilty as the others; could be turned into a snitch; or that felony murder would be overcharging -- hence the 10-year plea deal offer.
According to an interview he gave Fox News, Holle's lawyer was so confident of a complete acquittal, she instructed his parents to bring along street clothes to wear home. But it didn’t occur to ANYONE on the defense team that the jury might not believe Holle’s story of being too drunk to really know what was going on? Not that it saves him -- Holle was more than six months away from being of legal drinking age, so he had no business BEING drunk!
The defense might have generated sympathy from the jury if they had countered the prosecution’s “No car, no robbery, no death” strategy with “No underage drinking, no DECISION to supply the car, no robbery.” Instead, the defense gambled on a complete acquittal and lost, the prosecution gambled on an excessive charge and won -- and between them, Holle looks into snake eyes for rest of his life.
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