Nicole Nadra Baukus (born April 2, 1989) is an American woman convicted of two counts of vehicular manslaughter stemming from an accident on June 29, 2012 where she was driving intoxicated. Baukus pleaded guilty to the charges and was sentenced to 38 years in prison with the possibility of parole. Highway surveillance cameras showed Baukus' vehicle traveling on the wrong side of Interstate 45 after she had consumed alcohol at a nearby bar. A later request for a new trial was denied. Nicole Baukus attended and graduated from Oak Ridge High School in Conroe, Texas.
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Trial
Baukus was charged with two counts of second-degree felony intoxication manslaughter and one count of third-degree felony intoxication assault. After initially pleading not guilty to the charges against her, she pleaded guilty to two counts of vehicular manslaughter on August 1, 2013. Baukus was sentenced to a maximum of 15 years in prison on each count will be eligible for parole in 2021. The judge in her trial, Michael Seiler, resigned from the bench to avoid prosecution.
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Appeal
Baukus filed an appeal of her conviction which was denied with a dissenting opinion in the Texas 9th District Court of Appeals. She has filed a Petition for Discretionary Review with the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. The Court of Criminal Appeals may accept the case for review of errors that would require a new trial.
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