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Ever since Dallas Cowboy Josh Brent was charged with Intoxication Manslaughter in the death of his friend who was a passenger, I've been looking for news reports of similar situations. Things can get weird when a victim's family urges a DA's office for leniency.
I've got a new one: This girl out of Austin pled guilty to "intoxication manslaughter with a vehicle and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in the death of 22-year-old Christopher Johnson Peart, who was thrown out of the car she was driving in a wrong-way wreck". In exchange for the plea, she received two ten year probated sentences stacked on top of one another and 120 days in the county jail as a condition of the probation. (The 120 days is mandatory by law if she receives probation.)
I think there is a double jeopardy issue of being charged both with intoxication manslaughter and aggravated assault, but it might be a situation where the defense lawyer didn't complain so long as he could keep her out of prison.
