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| 9 DUI's Nets Five Year Prison Sentence |
| By reformer.com |
| Published: 03/08/2011 |
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BRATTLEBORO -- A Brattleboro man was convicted of his ninth drunken driving offense Thursday in the Windham Criminal Division of Vermont Superior Court and was sentenced to five years to life in prison. Edwin H. Martin, 47, pleaded guilty to DUI in November as a habitual offender because of his prior felony convictions, which meant he would be eligible for up to life in prison. At his sentencing hearing, Martin said he relocated to town after completing the RISE Program, a transitional residential program for self-motivated adults in early recovery from drug/alcohol addiction located on Main Street in Brattleboro. "I moved up here by myself with no family," he said when it was his turn to address the court. There were no friends or family in the courtroom to support Martin during the hearing. He has been battling alcoholism his whole life, he said. His defense attorney, Christopher Montgomery, described his client’s family as "cursed," and introduced another factor that he said should influence the court’s decision. Read More. |
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