BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) \u2014 Defense counsel for the man accused of driving drunk when he hit multiple people at the 2023 Bakersfield Christmas Parade was granted a brief postponement Thursday after asking for time to discuss undisclosed matters with his client.<\/p>\n
Defense attorney Jeremy Brehmer told the court there were \u201cissues\u2019 he needed to talk about with Alan Booth and Booth\u2019s family.<\/p>\n
Judge Tiffany Organ-Bowles set the next hearing for Monday, at which a courtroom may be assigned for Booth\u2019s trial on multiple felony counts. Prosecutor Brandon Stallings said he remained ready for trial.<\/p>\n
Booth, 75, allegedly drove his pickup with a blood-alcohol content more than three times the legal limit and injured several people who had come to see the parade.<\/p>\n
In a separate case, Booth was found guilty in January of misdemeanor DUI charges.<\/p>\n
That case stemmed from an incident months after the parade crash where Booth drove drunk to Jim Burke Ford to get a tire repaired. He was arrested after providing breath samples that returned BAC readings of 0.231 and 0.233% and has since been held without bail.<\/p>\n
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