Mary Hill Found Guilty on Five Counts in Fatal Accident
POSTED: 1:23 am EST February 29,
2004
UPDATED: 1:32 am EST February 29,
2004
ORLANDO, Fla. -- It took the jury just over five hours to come up with their decision to find Mary Hill guilty on five counts including vehicular homicide and manslaughter related to the fatal crash that took the lives of two children.
Rita Brown's daughter along with Hill's was killed when hill slammed her BMW into a tree while speeding around a corner on Markham Woods Road on the first day of school in 2000. Zak Rockwell was seriously injured and was in a coma and has since recovered.
Rita Brown said she hoped that trial would bring out the truth of what happened. "I prayed and hoped that justice would come and it came today," said brown.
Brown hopes that healing can begin for all of the people who have been struggling with their loss since the accident.
"Healing can begin now. I can heal, it'll take time, I'll never be the same. To lose a child is the worst experience anyone could ever, ever imagine," said Brown.
Over the prosecution objections judge O.H. Eaton Jr. decided to allow Hill to remain free on bond until her sentencing on April 16th. The judge did grant the prosecutions request to revoke Hill's driver's license on the spot. Hill she showed little emotion throughout the trial but broke down at the moment the judge announced that her driver's license had been revoked.
Hill had nothing to say as she and her attorneys walked out of a back door and will be free and out of jail until her sentencing on April 16, 2004. Hill faces a minimum of 15 years in prison.
Rita Brown's daughter along with Hill's was killed when hill slammed her BMW into a tree while speeding around a corner on Markham Woods Road on the first day of school in 2000. Zak Rockwell was seriously injured and was in a coma and has since recovered.
Rita Brown said she hoped that trial would bring out the truth of what happened. "I prayed and hoped that justice would come and it came today," said brown.
Brown hopes that healing can begin for all of the people who have been struggling with their loss since the accident.
"Healing can begin now. I can heal, it'll take time, I'll never be the same. To lose a child is the worst experience anyone could ever, ever imagine," said Brown.
Over the prosecution objections judge O.H. Eaton Jr. decided to allow Hill to remain free on bond until her sentencing on April 16th. The judge did grant the prosecutions request to revoke Hill's driver's license on the spot. Hill she showed little emotion throughout the trial but broke down at the moment the judge announced that her driver's license had been revoked.
Hill had nothing to say as she and her attorneys walked out of a back door and will be free and out of jail until her sentencing on April 16, 2004. Hill faces a minimum of 15 years in prison.
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