![]() In Bexar County, the majority of those charged with DWI for the third time or more are still most likely to again be placed on probation, despite having been put on community supervision for prior DWI convictions.Īn analysis of three years worth of court records obtained from the Bexar County District Clerk reveals 52 percent of felony DWI offenders across all Bexar County District Courts get probation in cases where the sentence is decided by a judge. Most felony DWI defendants have not killed anyone and rarely get prison time. But that’s not how the overwhelming majority of felony drunk-driving cases are handled in Bexar Country courts. ![]() The trial of 32-year-old Jenny Ybarra was what most people expect from a high-profile drunk driving case resulting in death – intense media coverage and a dramatic trial capped by a jail sentence handed down by 12 jurors. “I hope someday I will find forgiveness in my heart but it is very difficult.” “No, I do not certainly believe that it was enough time,” Smith said. ![]() ![]() SAN ANTONIO – Lisa Smith choked back tears after jurors last month sentenced the drunk driver who killed her daughter Erica in 2007 to two years in prison. This article was written by NBC Channel 4 WOAI Investigative Report Brian Collister on August 2, 2012.
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