Court grants suspended sentence for drunk driving due to low alcohol levels and victim's domestic violence history.

The court granted a suspended sentence of two years for the defendant, A.M., convicted of driving a heavy truck while intoxicated. Although the defendant argued for a lighter penalty citing her history as a victim of domestic violence and her employment as a professional driver, the court found these factors mitigating rather than exculpatory. The decision rested on the low blood alcohol concentration readings and the defendant's lack of prior criminal record, which justified a non-custodial punishment with a one-year driving ban.