Teen driver gets 9 months for death of newlywed

WSMV reports that Judge Fishburn in Nashville has sentenced an impaired driver to serve 9 months of a 16 year sentence in jail.

The article opens with:

"Tears flowed freely and the sorrow was overwhelming in Judge Mark Fishburn's court Thursday. Wesley Ellis was 19 when the SUV he was driving ran a red light and hit a car, killing 24-year-old Jessica Paige Muller. He was convicted of vehicular homicide by intoxication.
Thursday, a year and a half later, Ellis learned his fate, but not before listening to heart-wrenching testimony from Muller's mother, Mary Paige, his own mother and Jessica's best friend, who was by her side as she drew her last breath."

The victim's mother made an interesting comment:

"I think the judge is being as stern as he can and as fair as he can with what the Legislature allows,"

The DA's were disappointed and had asked for 9 years according to the article. Ellis was out on bond for theft when he killed Mrs. Muller.

http://www.wsmv.com/news/22370482/detail.html