Gain Closing The Gap: The Trial Of Trooper Robert Higbee Composed By D. William Subin Rendered As Print

book takes hardboiled to the next level, Written by my dad: I may be a little biased, We should all be concerned with the turn of events stemming from this tragic accident, As told from the perspective of the defense attorney, this book is significant for it is a recording of history that we do not want to repeat.
So many were summoned and served bravely to bring light to the fact that there are still those who will miss the call to face down their egos and, consequently, fail to see the truth.
Thirtyfouryearold New Jersey State Trooper Robert Higbee lay on
his back in an Atlantic City Hospital room, His” frame hardly
fit into the bed, Just hours before at:p, m. , Higbee sustained a concussion when the patrol car in which he was “closing the gap” on a
speeder, collided with a van crossing through an intersection ahead of
him.
Tragically, the two teenage sisters in the van died at the scene,

The next morning, I received a phone call from the State Troopers
Fraternal Association of New Jersey STFA, the organization
that represents the states law enforcement officers.
I was already on
their approved attorneys list and had previously answered “critical
incident matters” on their behalf, I was now being asked to represent
Trooper Higbee regarding any repercussions related to the accident,

Within an hour I was at the hospital, Higbee was still in a daze,
I had no idea at that moment I met him, how closely our lives would
become connected,

Five months later, a Cape May County grand jury indicted
Trooper Higbee on the charge of vehicular homicide, a crime that
carries a penalty of up to twenty years in prison.
My job was to establish
conclusively that Higbee had acted neither intentionally nor
recklessly, only that he had made a tragic mistake in the dark of
night, at a poorly marked intersection in rural Cape May County,
New Jersey.


The heaviest burden that can be placed upon a defense attorney
is in knowing that the fate of an innocent person rests in your hands.

The following twoandahalf years would prove to be the most demanding and excruciating I have ever

experienced in my career as
a criminal trial lawyer.
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