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Life sentence for deadly DWI driver
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With on-scene video!
From the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office
SCHMIDT
PRESS RELEASE
March 26, 2009
See exclusive May 11, 2008 video on page 1
CONROE- A Montgomery County Jury sentenced Harold Blain Schmidt to life in prison Thursday after convicting him of felony murder in the May 11, 2008 Driving While Intoxicated Death of Lexie Edward Haynes, IV of Montgomery County, Texas. The felony murder charge was pursued as the result of the three prior Driving While Intoxicated convictions on Mr. Schmidt’s record. Mr. Schmidt’s blood alcohol content was approximately four times the legal limit at the time of the crash.
Brett Peabody and Rob Freyer presented the case for the State led by investigating Officer Jeff Smith of the Conroe Police Department. Officer Smith testified that while on bond following an arrest for his fourth DWI, Mr. Schmidt failed to yield the right of way to a motorcycle being driven by Mr. Haynes. The defendant had disabled the ignition interlock device he was required to have on his vehicle as a condition of his bond. Cheryl Haynes, Mr. Haynes’s wife, was a passenger on the motorcycle, and is permanently disabled as a result of the crash. The jury sentenced the defendant to the maximum of 20 years in prison for the Intoxication Assault charge associated with her injuries. They also handed down two 16 year sentences to Mr. Schmidt for fleeing from the scene of the accident and running to hide in the woods. Maximum fines were assessed in each count.
After the verdicts were pronounced by 359th District Court Judge Kathleen Hamilton, multiple victims’ family members described a fun loving couple who enjoyed horseback riding and drag racing as a family. Jurors cried as Mr. Haynes’s mother described observing the couple underneath their mustang preparing it for the next race. “This family should never have had to experience such a tragic loss,” said District Attorney Brett Ligon. “Mr. Schmidt turned his vehicle into a deadly weapon when he got behind the wheel that night. While no amount of prison time can heal these families’ wounds, I want to assure the public that we will continue to pursue maximum sentences on repeat DWI offenders until Montgomery County loses the distinction of having some of the deadliest roadways in the State.”
From the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office
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The Only Reporters
Posted on: 2009-03-27 21:39:10
By: Anonymous
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Ya'll seem to be the only reporters that make it to a lot of scenes around here, and the only ones that get good video! GREAT JOB, once again...
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Re: The Only Reporters
Posted on: 2009-03-30 11:16:45
By: Anonymous
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Why is there no crime blotter for the woodlands that is accurate? I have lived there most of my life and almost no crimes get reported to the media.
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Excellent Coverage
Posted on: 2009-03-29 18:03:02
By: Anonymous
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Well done.
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THANK YOU
Posted on: 2009-03-30 14:29:12
By: Anonymous
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Just a word of thanks for letting the outcome of this be known. If the courts would have got him off the road sooner,,, a life could have been spared.
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