By CASEY KNAUPP
Tyler Morning Telegraph Staff Writer
January 8, 2009

Odie Michael Miles will return to prison for the fourth time after a jury sentenced him Wednesday to 99 years for his third driving while intoxicated conviction.

The 48-year-old Tyler man pleaded guilty to the felony DWI offense, which was enhanced to a 25 years to life in prison sentencing range because of his prior felony convictions.

A Smith County jury in 241st District Judge Jack Skeen Jr.'s court sentenced Miles after about four hours of deliberation. The jurors also found that he did not use his vehicle as a deadly weapon in the offense, so Miles will only have to serve one-fourth, or 15 years, of the sentence before he is eligible for parole. If the jurors had found he used his car as a deadly weapon, capable of causing death or serious bodily injury, he would have had to serve half, or 30 years, of his sentence before parole eligibility.

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