A former Wellington polo mogul twice convicted in a 2010 crash that killed a recent college graduate won’t be getting a new trial.
Palm Beach County Circuit Judge Jeffrey Gillen on Thursday denied a request for postconviction relief .
Goodman was first convicted of DUI manslaughter in the February 2010 death of Scott Wilson in 2012, but juror misconduct led to a retrial and a second guilty verdict in 2014.
Courtesy of Lili WilsonThe founder of the International Polo Club Palm Beach (now known as the National Polo Center) is currently serving a 16-year prison sentence.
Defense attorney Michael Ufferman argued that Goodman’s previous defense team was ineffective for failing to call a toxicologist to rebut the opinion of the state’s toxicologist during the retrial.
Evidence during the trial showed that Goodman racked up a bar tab of $272 in the hours before the Feb. 12, 2010, crash that killed the 23-year-old University of Central Florida graduate.