Extreme DUI

The drunken driving case that cost former Henderson City Attorney Elizabeth Quillin her job has concluded with a guilty plea, according to court records.

Quillin on Tuesday pleaded guilty to DUI-first offense. She was ordered to pay a $585 fine and to attend a DUI class and a victim impact panel.

As part of a plea deal, prosecutors dropped misdemeanor charges of leaving the scene of an accident and having an open container of alcohol in a vehicle.

Earlier this month, Quillin left her job in exchange for almost $100,000 in severance pay.

Quillin, 51, was arrested in the middle of the workday on May 23 after she crashed her Lexus SUV and then nearly ran over a woman who stopped to help her near Green Valley Ranch Resort.

According to court records, her blood-alcohol level was 0.281 percent, 3½ times the legal limit.

Police said she admitted to having “bottles” of wine before the accident. When asked whether she was feeling the effects of the alcohol, she reportedly told officers, “Yes, I am (expletive) up.”

Police found a full-size bottle of Barefoot Chardonnay, open and nearly empty, in the back seat of her car and a large puddle of wine on the floorboards in front of the driver’s seat.

As part of her resignation deal with the city, Quillin received $20,000 for her accrued vacation time and 10 months of health insurance coverage, on top of the $99,500 severance check.

The Henderson City Council appointed Senior Assistant City Attorney Christine Guerci-Nyhus as interim city attorney.

Contact reporter Francis McCabe at fmccabe@reviewjournal.com or 702-380-1039.

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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

An Atlanta attorney with a history of DUI convictions is expected to enter a guilty plea Monday afternoon in connection with a deadly crash that killed one person and injured two others.

Antonio Tolliver, 40, is charged with vehicular homicide, serious injury by vehicle, DUI and reckless driving.

The incident happened on Oct. 1, 2006 at Fort and Ellis streets in Atlanta. Tolliver is accused of running a red light and crashing into a cab.

Passenger Shannon Brown, 31, was killed instantly and her boyfriend Elbert Hall was permanently injured. Cab driver John McClendon suffered a broken femur, blunt force trauma to the chest and a traumatic brain injury, authorities said.

Tolliver escaped the crash with only a minor injury. his blood alcohol level was .207, more than double the legal limit, authorities said.

 Tolliver’s plea is expected to be heard at 1 p.m. before Fulton County Superior Court Judge Constance Russell in Courtroom 5B. Following his plea Tolliver will be sentenced at the court’s discretion. The state is recommending a sentence of 20 years, according to the Fulton County District Attorney’s office.

Atlanta attorney expected to plead guilty in DUI case