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Man sentenced to prison in fatal DUI wreck

RIVERTON (WNE) — Winter Hawk Goodman, who killed three people while driving drunk in 2016, was sentenced Friday to 12 years imprisonment.

After a four-day federal trial, Goodman was in convicted in federal court of involuntary homicide in October for the deaths of Lyle Black, Sarah Black and William C’Bearing.

In a departure from the norm, the federal trial took place in Lander. Typically such trials are conducted

either in Casper or Cheyenne.

At Goodman’s sentencing, the Blacks’ three daughters all gave victim impacts statements.

Goodman...