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Martin given probation

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

A Mountain Home man convicted in March for his role in a fatal car accident will spend the next 10 years under supervised probation following a jurisdictional review hearing in District Court on Nov. 10.

Initially, Michael Martin faced a maximum of 19 years in confinement after he was found guilty of felony drunken driving and a second felony of leaving the scene of an accident involving injuries or fatalities.

As a condition of the sentence issued in June, Judge Michael Wetherell placed Martin on a rider. A supplement to the sentencing, it required him to undergo six months of alcohol treatment and additional counseling to determine if Martin should remain in confinement or be released on a restricted basis.

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  • A RIDER??? I know he spent a little over a year in jail while going to court....but putting him in a work progrom for six months, and probabtion afterwards for killing two people??? Come on district court system........

    -- Posted by county_aware on Wed, Nov 17, 2010, at 10:58 AM

  • This is an outrage! What a slap in the face to the surviving members of the victim's families.

    -- Posted by CuriousParents on Wed, Nov 17, 2010, at 11:12 AM

  • Some of that jail time that he served was for other offenses that he was arrested for, while this case was going on, not just for this tragedy.

    He was out on bail for a good deal of time for this instance.

    I guess you could say that in today's world you can get away with anything. He was up on 2 felonies,TWO FELONIES!! 1. felony drunk driving: (To be charged with this I thnk you have to have had 3 drunk driving arrests, if I am correct),and the 3rd time is considered a felony. And #2 was leaving the secene of an accident: (If I correctly recall his total court records), I think this is the SECOND time he left the scene of an accident).

    Now tell me, what does it take to go to jail arond here and pay your dues. Counseling and probation for 2 lives!!!!.

    In my eyes, my opinion, I think this guy is big trouble, I think he always will be, and I will (just a guess) bet a dollar to a donut that he will be arrested for something again over the time that he is on probation. Only time will tell.

    To both families of the victim's, my prayers go out to each of you and pray that peace will eventually come to you and your friends.

    -- Posted by midea on Wed, Nov 17, 2010, at 12:30 PM
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    Did anyone really expect Mr. Martin to actually serve time for his crime? I for one expected a result like this from our local judical system.

    -- Posted by B Mullen on Wed, Nov 17, 2010, at 5:39 PM

  • This is so typical of our court system...They have NO respect for victim's or victim's families...I wonder if the judge would feel the same if it was a member of his family that was dead ??? This country is failing fast to GREED...

    -- Posted by NettieRuth on Thu, Nov 18, 2010, at 9:33 AM

  • Our state not just local is easy on crime. My relative was murdered by a juvenile and was charged with involuntary manslaughter. He might have spent 2 years in juvenile hall, no justice for our family as well. This was in Boise, no better than Mtn Home justice. You get a stiffer sentence for no driver license than you get for serious crime. I don't get it either. I feel their pain.

    -- Posted by jasmine on Sat, Nov 20, 2010, at 9:41 AM

  • He got a slap on the hand. How many times will he get checked onto see if he is following his probation rules. I have a feeling not very often just like alot of them out there that are out and about in the evening when they should be at home. To many out there for a system that doesn't have enough people to supervise everyone. My heart goes out to the families of the ones that got killed.

    -- Posted by transplanted on Tue, Nov 23, 2010, at 2:44 PM
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