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"The New Hampshire Supreme Court heard arguments Thursday in the appeal of a man sentenced for a crash in which prosecutors said he was reading a text message.Chad Belleville, 30, was found guilty of vehicular assault and second-degree assault in July 2012 and is serving a 3-1/2- to 7-year sentence.In 2010, Belleville was traveling on Route 28 in Pittsfield when his SUV drifted into the oncoming lane of traffic and crashed into a family in a Subaru wagon. Donald Flanders III, 17, was ejected from the other car and suffered a severe brain injury.Police said they determined that at the time of the crash, Belleville was reading a text message on his phone.Arguing before the Supreme Court, Belleville's attorney, David Rothstein, said his client admits his conduct was negligent, but it doesn't rise to the level of recklessness.Prosecutors Diana Fenton said Belleville's primary responsibility was to pay attention to the road, and he failed to live up to that duty, with catastrophic consequences.Judge Carolann Conboy questioned whether the case would be handled differently if Belleville had been playing with the radio or reading directions on a piece of paper instead of reading a text.Flanders and his family attended the hearing and said their lives have been ripped apart because of Belleville's inattention to the road.The court took the case under advisement."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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