Inebriated motorist who killed sculptor tapped to create Martin Luther King Jr. statue sentenced to 5 years in prison
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Corey Sease has been sentenced to five years in prison for mowing down Georgia sculptor Andy Davis. (Henry County Sheriff's Office)
A Georgia man will spend five years in prison and another 10 years on probation after killing a respected sculptor who had been asked to create a statue of Martin Luther King Jr. for the Georgia State Capitol.
Corey Sease struck and killed artist Andy Davis, 56, on July 11, 2015, while he waited at an intersection, said Henry County Assistant District Attorney Megan Matteucci.
Davis' motorcycle was thrown 114 feet and the victim suffered severe head trauma as a result of slamming into Sease's windshield and hood, according to court records. Davis died the following day.
Sease, 23, pleaded guilty in November to three counts of vehicular homicide, two counts of driving under the influence and one count of reckless driving, Matteucci said. Sease was charged last week.
The convict, who was 20 at the time of the crash, had alcohol and marijuana in his system at the time of the accident, according to prosecutors. Davis, who was riding a motorcycle, was hit by Sease's truck.
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Before sentencing, Sease declared he wished to become an EMT to help save lives. He also claimed he gets nervous when riding in a vehicle.
The tragedy occurred just two weeks after Davis was chosen for the important project for the capital's grounds, reported the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Davis had previously sculpted a life-size bronze statue of Ray Charles and another of Patrick Henry. His widow, Gerri Davis, has filed a $5 million wrongful-death lawsuit against Sease, Sease's father and the person who allegedly served Sease alcohol the day of the accident.
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