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. “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. “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. Once at the Montgomery County Jail, he also threatened to kill Deputy Henry Langston, a jailer, and spewed racial epithets at him. 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 
 
 060780501010-2Complete(C) 
 
 MARTIN, BOBBY GENE 
 
 1/13/1981 | 1/13/1981 
 
 5 
 
 Disposed(D) 
 
 Found Guilty(GILT) 1/16/1981 
 
 $400.00 
 
 DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED (M) 
 
 1/20/1981
– 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.)