Oakland Raiders edge Aldon Smith was arraigned in Santa Clara County’s Hall of Justice, on Friday, for allegedly violating conditions of his probation during an August arrest.
Smith was not in Friday’s court session for charges that allege he violated probation by driving while drunk last year. However, his defense hopes to dismiss the probation violation charges on technical grounds, according to Mercury News.
The report on the defense via the Mercury News:
“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.