A rookie prosecutor knocked one out of the park Wednesday, when his first felony case resulted in a guilty verdict and two life sentences for a habitual drunk driver. 
 
 Montgomery County Assistant District Attorney Kyle Crowl said, until the trial’s punishment phase, the jury had no idea 64-year-old Bobby Gene Martin had been arrested for Driving While Intoxicated 10 times. They only knew he was charged with DWI 3rd or More and Retaliation. 
 
 “You could see they were actually shocked that he’d had 10 DWIs and was still out and about driving around,” Crowl said. 
 
 The retaliation charge, Crowl said, was based on something many people don’t know about. 
 
 “Retaliation is when you act out and threaten harm to a public servant,” he said. “In this case, (Martin) had threatened to actually kill not only the deputy that arrested him, but also his wife, his children, his mom and several times told him he was going to beat him up.” 
 
 Crowl said Martin had done the same thing when he was arrested for DWI in Montgomery County back in 1999. He told that deputy he was going to “kill him and everything he ever loved.” 
 
 “I think that resonated with the jury that if no matter what he does, if he ever gets out of jail, he’s going to do it again,” Crowl said. 
 
 Martin’s first DWI arrest occurred in 1981, so he had been driving drunk for over 30 years. 
 
 Apparently, he has other issues as well. A Montgomery County jailer testified that Martin had threatened him and went on a racist rant. The jailer said it was something he had to learn to live with as a jailer, but Martin stood out in his mind as “one of the more intoxicated individuals, and one of the more racist individuals” he’s had to deal with. 
 
 Martin, who lived in northeast Houston at the time of his latest arrest, is 64 and will be 80 before he is eligible for parole. Crowl said the parole board will take into account that he had two life sentences, even though by law they had to run concurrently. 
 
 “Hopefully this defendant will never be driving around the streets of Montgomery County,” he said. 
 
 Crowl has only been with the DA’s office for a year and a half, and Martin was his first felony case. After securing the maximum sentence on both charges, Crowl said of his big win, “I’m hoping to keep it going.” 
 
 *********************7 OF THE DWI’S WERE IN HARRIS COUNTY********** 
 
 
 
 134529701010 – The State of Texas vs. MARTIN, BOBBY GENE (Court 232) 
 
 134529701010-3Complete(C) 
 
 MARTIN, BOBBY GENE 
 
 4/25/2012 | 4/26/2012 
 
 232 
 
 Disposed(D) 
 
 Disposed(DISP) 6/12/2012 
 
 EVADING ARREST/DETENTION W/VEHICLE (F) 
 
 6/12/2012 
 
 120958401010-3Complete(C) 
 
 MARTIN, BOBBY 
 
 3/30/2009 | 4/1/2009 
 
 183 
 
 Disposed(D) 
 
 Disposed(DISP) 10/29/2009 
 
 $60,000.00 
 
 DWI 2ND OFFENDER BAC .08 (M) 
 
 10/29/2009 
 
 073113701010-3Complete(C) 
 
 MARTIN, BOBBY GENE 
 
 8/26/1996 | 8/26/1996 
 
 262 
 
 Disposed(D) 
 
 Disposed(DISP) 8/27/1996 
 
 $20,000.00 
 
 DWI THIRD (F) 
 
 8/27/1996 
 
 067491401010-3Complete(C) 
 
 MARTIN, BOBBY G. 
 
 9/17/1993 | 9/18/1993 
 
 208 
 
 Disposed(D) 
 
 Disposed(DISP) 10/19/1993 
 
 $5,000.00 
 
 DWI THIRD (F) 
 
 10/19/1993 
 
 920061701010-2Complete(C) 
 
 MARTIN, BOBBY GENE 
 
 1/5/1992 | 1/5/1992 
 
 4 
 
 Disposed(D) 
 
 Disposed(DISP) 1/6/1992 
 
 $1,000.00 
 
 DWI 2ND (M) 
 
 1/6/1992 
 
 881602201010-2Complete(C) 
 
 MARTIN, BOBBY GENE 
 
 5/4/1988 | 5/4/1988 
 
 1 
 
 Disposed(D) 
 
 Disposed(DISP) 5/26/1988 
 
 $1,000.00 
 
 ASSAULT-BODILY INJURY (M) 
 
 5/26/1988 
 
 881602101010-2Complete(C) 
 
 MARTIN, BOBBY GENE 
 
 5/4/1988 | 5/4/1988 
 
 1 
 
 Disposed(D) 
 
 Disposed(DISP) 5/26/1988 
 
 $1,000.00 
 
 CRIM MISCH-$20-200 (M) 
 
 5/26/1988 
 
 046542001010-3Complete(C) 
 
 MARTIN, BOBBY GENE 
 
 12/20/1986 | 12/20/1986 
 
 176 
 
 Disposed(D) 
 
 Disposed(DISP) 6/11/1987 
 
 $2,000.00 
 
 DWI THIRD (F) 
 
 6/11/1987 
 
 06217270101A-4Complete(C) 
 
 MARTIN, BOBBY GENE 
 
 7/2/1981 | 
 
 7 
 
 Disposed(D) 
 
 $400.00 
 
 062172701010-2Complete(C) 
 
 MARTIN, BOBBY GENE 
 
 6/27/1981 | 10/8/1982 
 
 7 
 
 Disposed(D) 
 
 Disposed(DISP) 10/8/1982 
 
 $800.00 
 
 DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED (M) 
 
 10/8/1982 
 
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 MARTIN, BOBBY GENE 
 
 1/13/1981 | 1/13/1981 
 
 5 
 
 Disposed(D) 
 
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 $400.00 
 
 DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED (M) 
 
 1/20/1981 ||||| A Montgomery County jury sentenced Bobby Gene Martin, 64, to two life sentences Wednesday for his 10th DWI and retaliation against a police officer stemming from an Aug. 2, 2014 arrest. 
 
 Montgomery County Sheriff’s Deputy John Jordan had been dispatched to FM 1485 near Peach Creek in East Montgomery County after multiple people called 911 reporting a vehicle wrecked in a ditch and a man standing outside the vehicle. 
 
 A wrecker driver who stopped by the scene testified in the trial that Martin asked the wrecker to tow his truck and take him home because he did not want “another DWI.” When Jordan arrived, he found the truck but no driver. 
 
 After a brief search, Jordan found Martin, of Houston, hiding nearby in a drainage ditch, waist-deep in water, behind a bush. 
 
 After failing standardized field sobriety tests, the defendant was arrested and taken to jail. 
 
 During the transport, Martin made repeated threats to kill Jordan, his wife and his family. 
 
 Once at the Montgomery County Jail, he also threatened to kill Deputy Henry Langston, a jailer, and spewed racial epithets at him. 
 
 Jurors were visibly emotional as Langston recalled being called the “N” word by the defendant. 
 
 A blood test revealed Martin’s blood alcohol level was 0.217, more than 2 ½ times the legal limit. 
 
 The jury deliberated approximately one hour to find Martin guilty of both the DWI and the retaliation, both third degree felonies. 
 
 During the punishment phase, Assistant District Attorney Kyle Crowl told the jury up front he would be asking for a life sentence on both counts, stating that the DWI and retaliation Martin committed on Aug. 2, 2014 were merely “icing on a cake that (Martin) had been baking his whole life.” 
 
 Crowl then went on to present evidence of nine prior DWI convictions beginning in 1981, including a 1999 DWI in which Martin threatened to kill MCSO Sgt. Chris Rogers, who had arrested Martin. Crowl also presented evidence of three separate prison trips, two for DWI and one for Evading Arrest in a Motor Vehicle. Because of his habitual status, Martin’s punishment range was 25 to life. 
 
 “Bobby Martin has shown you who he is,” Crowl told the jury in closing arguments, “and you should sleep well tonight knowing he is off the road for the rest of his life.” 
 
 The jury deliberated exactly three hours before returning two life sentences for Martin. 
 
 “I have said many times that intoxicated drivers are one of the biggest threats to our community’s safety,” District Attorney Brett Ligon said. “My prosecutors are as dedicated as I am to preventing this crime. But for those we cannot prevent, we will prosecute to the fullest extent of the law. The jury today reiterated what I’ve always known—that habitual criminals have no place in Montgomery County.” ||||| Photo: Montgomery County Sheriff's Offi 
 
 Bobby Martin was sentenced this week to life in prison for his tenth drunk driving conviction. A Montgomery County jury gave him the sentence after finding him guilty of driving under the influence and retaliation for verbally threatening a law-enforcement officer. 
 
 Bobby Martin was sentenced this week to life in prison for his...
– A Texas man was sentenced to two life sentences Wednesday for drunk driving. If that seems harsh, consider that Bobby Gene Martin, 64, racked up 10 DWI charges between 1981 and 2014, reports the Montgomery County Police Reporter. In the latest incident, Martin crashed his mom's pickup truck on Aug. 2, then reportedly asked a wrecker driver for a ride home so he wouldn't get "another DWI." The driver refused, and responding officers found Martin in water up to his waist in a nearby drainage ditch, the Courier reports. His blood alcohol level was 0.217. Martin then threatened to "kill not only the deputy that arrested him, but also his wife, his children, his mom," Montgomery County Assistant District Attorney Kyle Crowl said. Once at the local jail, Martin kept up the death threats, hurling them, along with racial slurs, at the jailer, per Crowl. The jury took one hour to convict Martin and spent three hours deliberating his sentence after learning of his earlier crimes. As a habitual offender, he faced 25 years to life. After notching his eighth drunk-driving conviction in 1999, Martin was sentenced to 15 years in prison, the Houston Chronicle reports. After being released, he was jailed once again for a year after a 2009 DWI arrest. "It is amazing he hasn't killed anyone yet," said Crowl, who painted this metaphor for the jury: The latest charges were the "icing on a cake that [Martin] had been baking his whole life." Martin's life sentences will be served concurrently; he'll be eligible for parole at age 80. (A man with nine drunk-driving convictions blamed ... fish.)