Jury finds Flint Councilman Mays guilty of impaired driving
FLINT, Mich. (AP) â A jury has found Flint Councilman Eric Mays guilty of misdemeanor impaired driving and not guilty of failing to report a traffic accident.
The Flint Journal reports that the jury deliberated about an hour Tuesday before returning its verdict.
Mays says he plans to file an appeal. This was his second trial in the case.
He was arrested in 2013 after police say they found Mays on Interstate 475 standing outside a vehicle with missing and damaged tires.
The first jury convicted him on an impaired driving charge. A judge overturned it and ordered a new trial after Mays appealed.
Mays represented himself in the case and said Tuesday that he's had the majority of charges against him dropped.
