Overview

• A Hennepin County judge imposed the maximum 30-year term under Bailey’s plea deal.
• County Attorney Mary Moriarty had urged the fullest sentence at today’s hearing.
• Bailey pleaded guilty in May to two counts of third-degree murder and three counts of criminal vehicular operation.
• Court exhibits included crash footage and testimony confirming Bailey’s 0.325 blood-alcohol level, more than four times the legal limit.
• New state law extending ignition interlock device requirements to repeat offenders took effect today.