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Son of former Lt. Gov. to be imprisoned
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The son of former Lt. Gov. Mark Taylor was sentenced today to three years imprisonment in the drunken driving death of his good friend two years ago in Charleston, S.C.
Fulton Fletcher Taylor, 23, will serve one year with the balance suspended. After his release he’ll be on probation for five years.
Taylor pleaded guilty to a felony charge of driving under the influence where a death resulted.
He was arrested Aug. 19, 2005, after his 2000 Lincoln Navigator hit a retaining wall on I-26 in Charleston and flipped upside down.
A passenger, Joseph Victor Gennert, 22, of Charleston, was thrown from the vehicle, pinned beneath it and pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
“I know I have broken the hearts not only of Joe’s family, but of my own,” Taylor told the judge before sentencing.
Mark Taylor said to the court, “We’re here as a family to apologize to the Gennert family. We’re here to apologize to the state of South Carolina.”
“I’m asking you to have mercy on my son.”
The victim’s mother, Anna Gennert, also asked the court to show mercy.
“As Joe’s mom, I’m asking the court to spare Fletcher a term of imprisonment,” she said. “Please don’t make this a double tragedy.”
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