Blanca Juanita Torres’ blood-alcohol content was more than twice the legal limit when...
Blanca Torres, 42, was found guilty of intoxication manslaughter in March for the Oct. 16, 2018, crash that killed Mauricio Rodriguez Zuniga, 26.A Floresville woman has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for driving drunk and killing a man who had pulled over to check on a vehicle he was towing, the Bexar County District Attorney’s Office said Wednesday.after she hit Mauricio Rodriguez Zuniga on Oct.
At the time of the crash, police said Torres “failed to maintain lane of travel, drove onto the improved shoulder and struck” Zuniga, his car and the car he was towing. Officers conducted a field sobriety test and arrested Torres.As part of an agreement reached between prosecutor Sade Mitchell Bogart and defense attorney Jonathan Watkins, Torres in March entered a plea of no contest to intoxication manslaughter. State District Judge Jennifer Peña later found her guilty.
She admitted to the court that she had continued drinking after participating in several treatment programs, and added that she had been demoted at her place of employment for drinking while on the job.
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