Tyler Man Gets 20 Year Sentence
Posted on Wednesday, August 25, 2010
By DAYNA WORCHEL
Tyler Morning Telegraph Staff Writer
A Smith County jury, on Tuesday, convicted a Tyler man on charges of evading arrest or detention and sentenced him to 20 years in prison. Brent Gregory Moore, 29, was also assessed a $10,000 fine in the 241st District Court. Moore had faced a range of punishment from two to 20 years for the felony offense.
The jury also found that because Brent Gregory Moore, 29, used his car as a deadly weapon while evading arrest, that he must serve at least half of that sentence before he is eligible for parole. Moore, who was convicted of his fourth felony on Tuesday, has an extensive criminal record.
The charges stem from an incident in which Moore led several Smith County deputies on a high speed chase, with speeds reaching over 100 miles per hour on the night of April 14 on Highway 69 north.
Smith County Sergeant Toby Hughes fired a gunshot into the driver's side tire of Moore's pickup truck to disable the vehicle as Moore u-turned his truck onto southbound side of Highway 69 and began traveling north, against oncoming traffic. Smith County Assistant District Attorney Joe Murphy played a DVD for jury from a camera which was mounted on the dashboard of Deputy Jeff Hobson. Hobson had stopped Moore because of a nonfunctioning license plate light.
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