Rhoden Faces Judge For First Time

How does Kitchen know for sure he was not drunk or impaired, did had a breathe test machine on him to check lol bunch of BS or do we have to take his dam words for it so laughable. Of course a lot of people who drinks think they not drunk, but legally they can be under test. What BS why don't that coward and his daddy take responsibility for what he did. Even if he was not drunk, his speed and recklessness may have contributed to this unnecessary hell for one family. Now those dam cowards blaming the SUV hitting them first omg how convenience to blame of dead people, STFU go to jail. So sad for those victims.

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How does Kitchen know for sure he was not drunk or impaired, did had a breathe test machine on him to check lol bunch of BS or do we have to take his dam words for it so laughable. Of course a lot of people who drinks think they not drunk, but legally they can be under test. What BS why don't that coward and his daddy take responsibility for what he did. Even if he was not drunk, his speed and recklessness may have contributed to this unnecessary hell for one family. Now those dam cowards blaming the SUV hitting them first omg how convenience to blame of dead people, STFU go to jail. So sad for those victims.

Because the dad is a criminal too. I'm sure they will get him for some kind of aiding in the commission of a crime. Look at the mug shot. He sure does look awfully smug. I hope he doesn't get bail. The kid he was with had two outstanding warrants so I would say he is a 100 mph flight risk. The dumba** is never the one killed in these types of events. That's the worst part.

Why would anyone take Kitchen's word for the accident when too many people saw Rhoden weaving in and out of traffic at a speed of around 100 mph! Leaving the scene and lying to the hotel manager when his car was smashed up. Rohden said he did not know the extent of the accident was he awake? He cetainly had plenty of time to sober up. Rohden's attorney said he will be exonerated for this we shall see. I hope all the people who witnessed this accident or saw the red acura speeding and weaving will come forward. Dream on Rohden it looks like you are toast!

The cops will figure it out. This dumb@$$ passenger is in jail for fraud and WXIA gives him enough credibility to actually print the story he's telling??? It was good of them to mention that he was jailed for moral turpitude, but I think he's a lying sack of feces nonetheless.

It is so sad to see people who beleive what the media says. I am sure that the driver was speeding but I bet the limo was speeding too! Also, if the occupants of the limo would have had on seat belts maybe they wouldn't have been ejected! The impact with the car didn't cause the limo to flip, it was the drivers over reaction to spinning around twice that caused the limo to flip. That spinning isn't because the the car hit it, it's from the limo speeding too!!!It's sad that the there was death, but the limo driver is at fault as well for not having it's passengers follow the law "Click it or Ticket!!" Especially a BABY. Leaving the scene didn't kill anyone, it just showed how someone was scared and a blood test will show alcohol or drugs in the system even 20 hours later. I wonder what you would look like if you went in for your mug shot after you found out you may have killed 4 people. People need to wait on the facts out of the justice system and not on some so called "biased" news agency. They are only out to get an audience, not to tell the real story.

Oh yeah, I'd trust this guy to tell the truth about as far as I could throw him. Give me a break he has two outstanding warrants ... one for DUI and one for credit card fraud!

Cody is just digging himself further into that hole.

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It is so sad to see people who beleive what the media says. I am sure that the driver was speeding but I bet the limo was speeding too!

I doubt it and especially not with a clients and most especially a 15-month old baby (the guy was a father who just lost his wife and had a son ... people like that aren't going to take chances like that) in the car. Rented drivers are very safe drivers, because they know that other people's lifes are in their hands and plus they risk losing their business license and thus their livelihood.

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I doubt it and especially not with a clients and most especially a 15-month old baby (the guy was a father who just lost his wife and had a son ... people like that aren't going to take chances like that) in the car. Rented drivers are very safe drivers, because they know that other people's lifes are in their hands and plus they risk losing their business license and thus their livelihood.

Ok, good arguement. Now being the devils advocate; hwo drives a limo with clients(especially a father with a new grandchild) in the fast lane of I85 driving the speed limit which is 55 mph and not consider that unsafe? No one drives in the fast lane less than 70 unless there is a cop around. I still think that everyone in that limo was at fault for not being buckled up. What if he had a blow out and flipped and killed those people? The only difference is that there was a car impact instead of a tire bursting on the interstate. His clients were at risk regardless!

Rick - No where in the media sources or from any of the police reports that have been released does it say that the members in the SUV weren't wearing seat belts. Where you in the SUV to know for sure they weren't wearing seat belts? Just like you are saying "sad to see people who believe what the media says" I think it is sad you are pre judging these people saying they didn't click it. You can still be ejected from a car with a seat belt on, they can rip or malfunction, especially after rolling 4 or more times at a high speed of rate. No where has it been released what speed the SUV or the Acura was going, we are going off of what the witnesses saw, which are estimates. Police can tell off of forensic evidence about how fast they were going.

I just don't think you need to judge others who are upset by the facts that are all over the news by numerous sources about what this young man did and try to chalk it up to the other car might have been speeding too. It doesn't matter if they were too, this young man went into the emergency lane beside the HOV lane to then hit this car causing them all speed out of control, and then LEFT a scene of a crime, whether he caused it or not, whether it was driving in excess or not, there was a collision and he left and then leaves his car some where with the help of daddy instead of going straight to the police or instead of stopping to help those people.

It was a senseless act, and he will get his day in court where he will officially be judge for the things he did or didn't do.

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Ok, good arguement. Now being the devils advocate; hwo drives a limo with clients(especially a father with a new grandchild) in the fast lane of I85 driving the speed limit which is 55 mph and not consider that unsafe? No one drives in the fast lane less than 70 unless there is a cop around. I still think that everyone in that limo was at fault for not being buckled up. What if he had a blow out and flipped and killed those people? The only difference is that there was a car impact instead of a tire bursting on the interstate. His clients were at risk regardless!

Okay, you made some good points, but it is possible to drive 70 and still be safe. Accidents happen at all speeds ... not just fast ones. It's all about being careful and being aware of what is going on around you and anticipating ... unfortunately I don't think anyone could have anticipated that idiot Cody's reckless driving.

Rick I hope nothing like that happens to you. Drunken people speeding and weaving through traffic are not a reason to overreact. I wish we were all as Zen like under pressure. P.S. How close is the lawyers name to SLEAZE?

Okay, so according to Cody's friend Josh they left the Braves game (which began at 7:10) in the 7th or 8th inning and according to what I heard the accident happened at about 8:45, which to me means that either they didn't leave when they said they did or they were definetely driving much faster than he said they were because there is no way they could've stayed at the game until then and been more than halfway home by 8:45 unless they had been going much more than 70 or 75 mph as Joshua claims. Of course, this is coming from a guy who admittedly had beer and liqour to drink that night and who is in jail for DUI and credit card fraud.

the driver was reported to be driving in the emergency lane passing cars at a high rate of speed. He is guilty!
Leaving the scene of an accident, Guilty! the other guy was drinking, probation violation, and his buddy was not? give me a break. Dog squeese
he is guilty hope they throw the book at him and more. as for his dad great example. Do the right thing say goodbye to his son and his business, sue the pants off of him wothless peice of trash is he

How sure are we that Cody was even driving? Maybe he let his buddy drive and that's why he's claiming he wasn't responsible for the accident. That would also help explain why they took off. Just to clarify...if the scenario I described is even close, even if Cody was not behind the wheel, he was responsible for letting a guy with DUI convictions who admitted having a few drinks at the game drive the car, so IMO he can't wiggle out of it that way.

To respond to Den first, according to the police report Cody was in the HOV lane and then struck the SUV who was in the fast lane. Second, according to witness accounts of the accident scene "there were bodies all over the interstate" Five seatbelts don't all malfunction at the same time! Also, the police report states that the victims were not wearing seatbelts and the baby wasn't in a car seat.
Now to respond to Shannon. That is my point. It is the limo driver's responsibility to have his cliets abide by the law. Driving unbuckled clients in I85.
Truthfighter, this did hapen to me. Cody is my nephew. Cody wasn't drunk. Cody did submit to a blood test which came back negative for drugs or alcohol.
The media doesn't report this because it would jeopardize their story. The truth will come out in court.

I'm fairly sure they said they were travelling in the HOV lane and not the High Speed lane. I can say that I often travel in that lane and drive about 60-70MPH.

I also understand that the Acura passed them on the left meaning the small shoulder between the medium and the lane. I think I could lose control at 40MPH if someone did that to me. Now saying the Limo driver overreacted is a little presumptuous.

What I don’t understand is if the SUV they refer to was in fact the Limo?(Limo SUV) or were there two different vehicles. If they were in the Limo I would agree that they probably didn’t have seat belts on. I know when I get into a cab or Limo it hard to find the belts and Limo's are set more like a kitchen table than traditional car seating which really doesn’t encourage the use of the belts. Now if they were in a SUV then I would guess that at least the infant would have been in a secured baby car seat. Again these are all assumptions.
Whatever the case may be, the guy was clearly traveling at a tremendous rate of speed. One witness said they tried to keep up to get the license plate number but gave up when they approached 90MPH and were still losing ground. So I think it’s safe to say these jackasses were going over 100MPH and were endangering people’s lives.

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Ok, good arguement. Now being the devils advocate; hwo drives a limo with clients(especially a father with a new grandchild) in the fast lane of I85 driving the speed limit which is 55 mph and not consider that unsafe? No one drives in the fast lane less than 70 unless there is a cop around. I still think that everyone in that limo was at fault for not being buckled up. What if he had a blow out and flipped and killed those people? The only difference is that there was a car impact instead of a tire bursting on the interstate. His clients were at risk regardless!

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Now to respond to Shannon. That is my point. It is the limo driver's responsibility to have his cliets abide by the law. Driving unbuckled clients in I85.

But Rick, do we know for sure they were unbuckled?? All I've read is that 4 people were ejected from the SUV ... I've never read anywhere that it says they were unbuckled and it never says which 4 were ejected. Also, it is possible to be ejected from a vehicle while wearing a seatbelt and it is also possible to be ejected from a car and survive.

According to the diagram they have shown on Channel 2, Cody was in the HOV lane and the SUV was in the lane right next to it.

It's a very interesting video ... I suggest checking it out ... http://www.wsbtv.com/video/index.html and click on "Fatal Gwinnett Crash Suspect Appears in Court".

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But Rick, do we know for sure they were unbuckled?? All I've read is that 4 people were ejected from the SUV ... I've never read anywhere that it says they were unbuckled and it never says which 4 were ejected. Also, it is possible to be ejected from a vehicle while wearing a seatbelt and it is also possible to be ejected from a car and survive.

That's my point Shannon, all you have read is what the media is showing or printing. They are not showing everything. The Iraq War is a great example! Those people were not wearing seatbelts. The SUV and the Limo are the same vehicle. If you have ever rode in a limo there are no seatbelts, they are tucked under the seat. I concur that Cody was speeding and he will pay for it, but I also beleive that the people were responsible for their own safety as well as the owner of the limo service.

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To respond to Den first, according to the police report Cody was in the HOV lane and then struck the SUV who was in the fast lane. Second, according to witness accounts of the accident scene "there were bodies all over the interstate" Five seatbelts don't all malfunction at the same time! Also, the police report states that the victims were not wearing seatbelts and the baby wasn't in a car seat.
Now to respond to Shannon. That is my point. It is the limo driver's responsibility to have his cliets abide by the law. Driving unbuckled clients in I85.
Truthfighter, this did hapen to me. Cody is my nephew. Cody wasn't drunk. Cody did submit to a blood test which came back negative for drugs or alcohol.
The media doesn't report this because it would jeopardize their story. The truth will come out in court.

You are bias, your opinion is not fair. I can't believe that you would be blaming these innocent people who have lost their lives. Maybe they were not wearing their seatbelts, but the report says that the Acura hit the SUV first, so the part about them not wearing their seatbelts did not cause the wreck...the wreckless driving of your nephew did. Even if they would have had their seatbelts on, the wreck would have still occured. Maybe they would not have died, but the wreck would have still happened. The driver of the Acura is to blame! When you say "this did happen to me"...no it didn't! Cody is breathing, the people he killed are not!