Testimony continues in Bayas' sentencing for DWI death

EL PASO, Texas -- The sentencing phase continued Tuesday in the trial of a soldier who admitted killing an El Paso teenager.

On Monday, Edison Bayas pleaded guilty to intoxicated manslaughter in the death of 19-year-old Valerie Talamantes, who was killed in 2007 when Bayas crashed into her vehicle as she waited at a red light. Bayas can face anywhere between two and 20 years in prison.

It was standing-room only in the courtroom for the second day in a row. Tuesday, jurors heard more testimony from police officers and witnesses who saw the wreck.

But the most compelling pieces of evidence were two police videos. One was the dashboard video from the police officer who conducted the sobriety test on Bayas. Bayas would fail that test.

The second video was the interrogation interview after Bayas' arrest. Toward the end of the video Bayas talks about making a mistake and saying, "I don't normally drink. That was no the case tonight."

He goes on to say, "I'm really sorry for what I did tonight, I didn't mean to hurt anybody."

The Talamantes family is expected to take the stand on Wednesday.

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