Bishop Won’t Appeal Hit-and-Run Conviction
Expressing “deep regret” over the case, Bishop Thomas O’Brien said he would not appeal his conviction in a deadly hit-and-run accident.
O’Brien, 68, was convicted in February of leaving the scene of an accident that killed 43-year-old pedestrian Jim Reed. The bishop had until Thursday to file an appeal.
Phoenix Superior Court Judge Stephen A. Gerst sentenced O’Brien to four years’ probation and ordered him to spend 1,000 hours of community service ministering to the sick and dying.
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