BIG SPRING, TX – A Big Spring woman was sentenced to over a decade in prison on Wednesday for killing a man while driving under the influence of a number of narcotics.
According to reports, on Dec. 1, Lindsay Shay Woods, 36, of Big Spring was sentenced to 11 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice system after she pleaded guilty to intoxicated manslaughter.
The deceased, John Lyons, 66, of Big Spring, was killed by Woods on March 24, 2020.
At the time of the crash, Woods was given three field sobriety tests. She failed them all.
Woods was also given a blood test which came back positive for Tramadol, Diphenhydramine, and Benzoylecgonine. Benzoylecgonine comes back positive if someone has cocaine in their system.
The defense requested that Woods get 10 years probation but after the jury heard the impact statement from the Lyons' widow they went with 11 years in prison.
On top of the jail time, Woods will have to pay a $10,000 fine.
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