[Treader]

This is a very odd sentencing commitment. At the minimum, he should be doing 10 yrs without PoP. Then do the judge's commitment for the rest of his lifetime.

[Dog Gone]

I can't find any more details about the case. Given the way Texas juries administer justice, there had to be some extenuating circumstances. My best guess is that the poor little kid was partly to blame for the accident--suddenly darted out into the street or something.

There's no way he would have gotten a suspended sentence otherwise. Not here.

[writmeister]

The 180 days in jail as a condition of community supervision was the maximum the judge could assess after the jury sentenced the defendant to community supervision.