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Kendall Lauren Batchelor will be eligible for parole in 10 years, according to a news report.
The sentence, handed down Wednesday, was the maximum the jury could give the 23-year-old.
On Monday, the same jury found Batchelor guilty of driving on the wrong side of the road on June 2, 2022, when her black Ford F-250 pickup slammed head-on into a sedan driven by 49-year-old David Belter. Belter died on impact.
During trial testimony last week, Batchelor admitted that she was intoxicated at the time of the collision.
The reconvened to determine Batchelor's sentence, which could range from two to 20 years behind bars. The jury determined that, in this case, her vehicle was a deadly weapon, increasing the seriousness of the charge, according to the Boerne Star.
As a result, Batchelor will be required to serve at least half her sentence before she's eligible for parole, the Star also reports.
The widely watched trial wasn't the first time Batchelor ran into trouble with the law, Kendall County prosecutors argued.
During legal proceedings, prosecutors stated that Batchelor had received several minor in-possession charges, two DWI charges and failed more than one sobriety test, according to the Boerne Star.
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