Tiger Woods pleads not guilty in DUI case following rollover car crash
Tiger Woods has entered a not guilty plea in Martin County, Florida after being charged with DUI, property damage and failure to submit to a DUI test.
A new development has occurred in the ongoing DUI case surrounding 50-year-old golfer Tiger Woods. The 15-time major winner entered a plea of not guilty Tuesday, March 31 in Martin County (Florida) court, waiving his arraignment and demanding a trial by jury. Woods was involved in a two-vehicle rollover car crash near his home in Jupiter Island, Florida on Friday, March 27, and was charged with DUI, property damage and failure to submit to a DUI test .
He was taken into custody following the accident and was released at 11:11 p. m. on $1,150 bail later that night, a Martin County jail official told the Palm Beach Post , part of the USA TODAY Network.
Woods' not guilty plea According to TC Palm , part of the USA TODAY network, Woods' attorney Douglas Duncan of Roth & Duncan in West Palm Beach, Florida, submitted the official plea declaring not guilty, waiving Woods' arraignment and demanding a trial by jury. TC Palm reports, "[Woods] also waived his appearance at pretrial conferences and other hearings before a trial, records state. " When will Woods' trial be?
There is no official date for the trial as of yet, though a docket hearing is set for May 5 at the Martin County Courthouse. Why was Woods arrested? Woods was arrested Friday, March 27 after his vehicle collided with another in Martin County, Florida.