Brent's attorney has argued his client deserves probation, and Brown's mother says she has forgiven her son's college teammate and friend. But prosecutors have made Brent's case a priority, and it comes to trial after weeks of debate over a case in neighboring Tarrant County that ended with a teenage motorist getting probation for a drunken wreck that killed four people last year.
"We do anticipate that this case will send a clear message about how strongly the citizens of Dallas County feel about their intoxication laws,Basket Jordan Junior Soldes," said Heath Harris, the Dallas County first assistant district attorney, in an interview shortly after Brent's arrest in December 2012.
