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_Published 2016-04-13. A judge on Wednesday imposed four consecutive 180-day jail terms on infamous “affluenza” teen Ethan Couch._


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## Transcript

[ BLANK_AUDIO ] The court's gonna order that you submit to 180 days in a county jail. As to 1450918 wherein the court has received the transfer from the juvenile court. And it's intoxication manslaughter. The court's gonna order 180 days in this case. In the county jail. And this going to be consecutive, so, after the first 180 days, then the second 180 days will start. As to 1450920, I have an, the court receiving this a transfer from the juvenile court as a condition to be a probation miss case. The courts going to order that you spend 180 days in the county jail. And this also will be consecutive to the other two cases, meaning that you will serve that after your finish your first two.

And as to 1450921, the transfer to this court from juvenile court As a condition of your probation I'm gonna order that you spend 180 days in this case, and this also will be consecutive which means that after you spend 180 days in your other three cases consecutively you will do this.

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