Contents

Nicole Baukus

American criminal

This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these template messages) This article's lead section may be too short to adequately summarize the key points. Please consider expanding the lead to provide an accessible overview of all important aspects of the article. (December 2021) This article's lead section contains information that is not included elsewhere in the article. If the information is appropriate for the lead of the article, this information should also be included in the body of the article. (December 2021) (Learn how and when to remove this message) The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's notability guideline for biographies. Please help to demonstrate the notability of the topic by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond a mere trivial mention. If notability cannot be shown, the article is likely to be merged, redirected, or deleted. Find sources: "Nicole Baukus" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (June 2022) (Learn how and when to remove this message) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Nicole Nadra Baukus (born April 2, 1989) is an American woman convicted of two counts of vehicular manslaughter stemming from a fatal car collision on June 29, 2012, in which she was driving intoxicated.^[1] Baukus pleaded guilty to the charges and was sentenced to 38 years in prison with the possibility of parole.^[1][2] Highway surveillance cameras showed Baukus' vehicle traveling on the wrong side of Interstate 45 after she had consumed alcohol at a nearby bar.^[3][4] A later request for a new trial was denied.^[5] Baukus attended and graduated from Oak Ridge High SchoolinConroe, Texas.

Trial[edit]

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.^[1] Baukus was sentenced to a maximum of 15 years in prison on each count. She is currently^{[as of?]} eligible for parole in 2021. The judge in her trial, Michael Seiler, resigned from the bench to avoid prosecution from matters unrelated to this case.^[6]

Appeal[edit]

This section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living people that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately. Find sources: "Nicole Baukus" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (July 2023) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Baukus filed an appeal of her conviction, which was denied with a dissenting opinion in the Texas 9th District Court of Appeals. She filed a petition for discretionary review with the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, which was refused. On September 11, 2017, Baukus filed a writ of habeas corpus in the 435th District CourtofMontgomery County, Texas with allegations of police misconduct, planting of evidence, prosecutorial misconduct, and ineffective assistance of her trial lawyer. The case is now pending before the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.

References[edit]