A judge is expected to announce today whether a 60-year-old woman goes to jail in the Cameron Bean case.
Police say Valerie Bray swerved across the centerline on Moccasin Bend Road and struck Bean on Sept. 19, 2015. He died two days later.
Bray pleaded guilty in December to criminally negligent homicide and leaving the scene of an accident, both class E felonies that carry one to two years in the Tennessee Department of Correction.
But because her defense attorneys could not agree on a punishment with prosecutors, they conducted a sentencing hearing in February.
Executive Assistant District Attorney Lance Pope said Bray needed to spend three months in county jail to show citizens that her crime carries repercussions.
He argued that Bean was visible on the roadside and easily spotted by two cyclists who called 911 and stayed with the 28-year-old until paramedics arrived.
He also said Bray's initial statement to police about the sun being in her eyes was factually incorrect, pointing to dashcam footage that showed clear weather.
Defense attorneys Bill Speek and Gerald Webb said Bray thought she hit a deer and reported that to police as well.
With glass in her eyes and hair, she got out of the car further up the road, checked the front, didn't see an animal, and continued on to Moccasin Bend Mental Health Institute, her workplace of nearly 20 years. There, she reported it to an employee in a state of shock.
Criminal Court Judge Tom Greenholtz told attorneys he wanted to consider the evidence before handing down a sentence at the end of the hearing in February. In March, he sent Bray's case back to probation officers so they could complete a new assessment called for under the Public Safety Act of 2016.
That assessment shows Bray has a low chance of re-offending, which her defense attorneys say aids their argument for probation.
Bray was indicted in January 2016, about four months after the accident, and lost her job at Moccasin Bend as a result, she told the Times Free Press in February.
She suffers from depression, multiple sclerosis and spends most days caring for her 89-year-old mother and hanging out with her grandchildren.
There are a handful of vehicular homicide cases in Chattanooga.
Earlier this week, a 57-year-old was sentenced to one year in Silverdale Correctional Facility and another three years of probation for hitting and killing a moped rider in St. Elmo in December 2012.
Prosecutors said Betty Mundy had muscle relaxers and Xanax in her system and was not focusing on the road when she struck David Bruce.
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