After 5 felony DWI convictions, Texas man receives life sentence
A Texas man received a life sentence Thursday after being convicted of his fifth felony driving while intoxicated offense.
Michael Allen Martz, 62, was found guilty last week of a third-degree felony in connection with a 2016 DWI incident, KHOU reported. Police said Martz was driving recklessly while intoxicated around a Kroger parking lot, almost hitting a car with a family inside.
Martz, who was found inside the grocery store buying alcohol, failed sobriety tests, police said. A blood sample tested positive for alcohol, marijuana, Xanax, Hydrocodone and Soma, KHOU reported.
Martz had DWI convictions dating back to 1987. He had just completed parole from a 2001 incident, in which he was sentenced to 15 years in prison before the 2016 DWI arrest, police said.
