Lawyer in fatal DWI crash sentenced

emotions were high in a santa fe courtroom as a judge sentenced attorney carlos fierro for killin...  More »

emotions were high in a santa fe courtroom as a judge sentenced attorney carlos fierro for killing a pedestrian in a drunk driving crash. gadi schwartz has been following the story from the beginning- he is live in santa fe with more. the judge gave carlos fierro the maximum sentence for the vehicular homicide conviction - which is six years. and fierro apologized to the family of the man he killed... after hearing some strong words from william tenorio's mother. she has sat quiet - during the long trial- watching the man who killed her son- go from wearing suits to wearing an orange jumpsuit and shackles- today... your honor may i speak to carlos? carlos tenorio's mother -- speaking her mind. during the trial i was shocked at your behavior, you walked around the court like you had nothing to worry about. when the defense team tried to move the blame to my son it angered me deeply. it was an insult. if it was william in trouble he would have admitted it. mr. fierro, be a man and cept and admit what you did. no appeals or new trials would change the fact that you caused his death. serve your sentence, whatever it may be, and let us all put this behind us so we can move forward as best we can. then right before learning his fate - fierro finally answered to the tenorios for what he'd done i made a horrible mistake that night and i live with it. i'm going to live with it. my daughter and my future generations will always live with it. i hope you will find forgiveness of me. and i want you to know with all my heart i offer you my self, my sorrow. i ask for your forgiveness. today fierro also pleaded guilty to one count of leaving the scene of an accident. factoring in time served on an ankle monitor, and possible credit for good behavior- fierro could be out in about 3 years. fierro's passenger -- former state police sergeant alfred lovato -- is due back in court on monday to see if his case will go to trial. lovato faces the same charges as fierro because prosecutors say he did nothingo prevent the deadly collision. lovato's attorney argues a vehicular homicide charge only applies to a person behind the wheel.  « Less