Raiders linebacker Aldon Smith's long-running legal woes continued Friday as he was arraigned in Santa Clara (Calif.) County's Hall of Justice for allegedly violating conditions of his probation by driving while drunk last year.
Raiders linebacker Aldon Smith's long-running legal woes continued Friday as he was arraigned in Santa Clara (Calif.) County's Hall of Justice for allegedly violating conditions of his probation by driving while drunk last year.
Smith was arrested Aug. 6 on three charges: hit and run, DUI with prior conviction and vandalism.
Smith's defense hopes to dismiss probation violation charges on technical grounds: defense attorney Joshua Bentley argued that the court should disregard evidence of Smith's intoxication because it was collected after he signed a citation promising to appear in court on a later date - and therefore, according to Bentley, after Smith was free to leave police custody.