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A tough sentence (but not tough enough?) for tenth DWI offense

By Douglas A. Berman

Regular readers know that I am often complaining that repeat drunk drivers often do not seem to get tough enough sentences.  So I was pleased to get this local story from Texas about one state sentencing judge finally getting really tough on a defendant for his TENTH conviction for DWI.  Here are the details:A Taylor man was sentenced to 60 years today for his 10th driving while intoxicated conviction. Anthony Lynn Falco, 54, was arrested in June for failing to use a turn signal while driving north on Mays Street in Round Rock. He admitted that he?d been drinking beer at a Round Rock bar and failed field sobriety tests. Falco refused a breath sample, but a blood search warrant was obtained, according to a release by Williamson County District Attorney John Bradley...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on March 20, 2008 (boomark / email).