Retired firefighter found guilty of felony DUI

A jury deliberated only 35 minutes today before deciding retired firefighter Dave Batty was guilty of felony DUI. Batty, then 55, was stopped for speeding on Jan. 6, 2011, at 11:30 a.m. and twice tested over the legal limit — once in the field and again at a Washington State Patrol office, authorities said. Batty faces up to 29 months in prison. Batty and his lawyer, David Miller, declined to comment. Although Batty has a history of impaired driving, the jury was only allowed to consider one previous incident - a 1993 conviction of vehicular homicide for an alcohol-related crash that killed one person. The Elk resident was also convicted of felony DUI in 2009. In 2007, he was involved in a crash that killed three people. At the time, he was taking pain medications for a back injury. He was not convicted for the crash.