Texas man sentenced to life in prison after 9th DWI

A Williamson County, Texas judge has sentenced a 53-year-old drunk driver to life in prison.
 
Bobbie Stovall was convicted in July of driving while intoxicated. On July 3, Stovall was driving  his truck on East Palm Valley Boulevard in Round Rock, TX when he wove across several lanes of heavy traffic. His truck was hit by another vehicle and his female passenger was taken to the hospital to be treated for injuries. The driver of the other vehicle was also injured.
 
Stovall’s blood alcohol concentration was .32 at the time of the accident –four times the Texas legal limit of .08. This was his ninth Texas drunk driving arrest. Judge Billy Ray Stubblefield found that Stovall had eight previous DWI convictions from Collin, Dewitt, Nueces, Galveston, Jackson and Goliad Counties and took those arrests into account when sentencing Stovall.
 
Stovall had also been convicted of burglary of a habitation, credit card abuse, possession of a controlled substance, theft, driving on a suspended license and making alcohol available to a minor.
 
Stovall was sentenced to life in prison on August 10, 2010, but may be eligible for parole in five years.
 
Nearly half of the 150,000 people arrested for drunk driving each year are repeat drunk drivers.
 
The Cowen Law Group represents victims of drunk driving accidents in Brownsville, San Antonio and throughout South Texas. If someone you love was killed by a drunk driver in Texas, contact the Brownsville car accident attorneys at The Cowen Law Group.