Man accused of intoxication manslaughter pleas guilty;
Accident occurred in 2010 on new Casino Road
A.D. Ibarra
-Eagle Pass
Raul Rodriguez, 38, has plead guilty to the charge of intoxication manslaughter in the 293rd District Court before The Honorable Cynthia Muñiz on Thursday according to District Attorney Roberto Serna.
The plea comes in the wake of a head-on collision on the road to the casino known as Tierra Soberana Road on December 11, 2010 and caused the death of Adeline Jane Hutson from San Antonio.
Mrs. Hutson had come to Eagle Pass to go to the casino with other family members.
A pre-sentencing report was ordered by the Court and sentencing was set for January 13, 2014 at 9:30 A.M.
"These cases are taken very seriously by the D.A.'s Office," stated District Attorney Roberto Serna, "They will be fully prosecuted where the evidence and facts so warrant and to obtain justice for the victims of these drinking and driving cases which result in death."