The man accused in a crash that killed a Georgia artist gave a tearful plea in court Monday before he was sentenced.
Corey Sease took he stand, saying the accident that killed 56-year-old Andy Davis changed his life dramatically.
He pleaded guilty last month to charges vehicular homicide, driving under the influence and reckless driving in the July 2015 wreck.
A judge sentenced him to 15 years with five to serve.
Davis was on a motorcycle stopped at a red light when Sease hit him with his pickup truck. Prosecutors say Sease, who was 20 at the time, had alcohol and marijuana in his system.
Before the sentencing, a few people took the stand, including Sease and his girlfriend. He said he now wants to be an EMT to help save the lives of others.
Since the fatal crash, Sease said he still gets nervous when he's in a car.
Davis had just gotten approval for his design for the Martin Luther King Jr. statue for the Georgia Capitol grounds when he died. The state eventually chose Martin Dawe to replace Davis, and the sculpture was unveiled in August 2017.