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TYLER — A Dallas-area man was sentenced to 32 years in prison Wednesday night for killing Smith County Deputy Lorenzo Bustos while driving intoxicated in July 2022.
On Wednesday, the defense will begin presenting testimony for the sentencing phase.
TYLER — The sentencing phase for a Dallas-area man who was convicted of killing Smith County Deputy Lorenzo Bustos while driving intoxicated in July 2022 continued Wednesday morning.
The trial began in December in the 7th District Court. In the beginning, Nyabuto pleaded not guilty.
Bustos, 29, who was in the final phase of his training, had performed a traffic stop with emergency lights activated on the patrol unit. As he took a call with his