COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – The central Ohio man who made an online video confessing to causing a fatal wrong-way crash after drinking heavily is expected back in court this afternoon ahead of a possible guilty plea.
A judge didn’t allow Matthew Cordle to go ahead with a plea Tuesday after she said his attorneys weren’t following procedures for first appearances.
Franklin County Judge Julie Lynch also alleged the attorneys balked at coming before her because she wouldn’t promise a specific sentence, something they deny.
In a 3½-minute video posted last week, Cordle admitted he killed a man from a Columbus suburb and said he “made a mistake” when he decided to drive that night.
He faces up to 8 ½ years in prison after being charged with aggravated vehicular homicide.