Jason Tarr Present For Today’s Court Appearance

Hays County District court came to order at 9 AM this morning with Judge Bill Henry presiding over non-evidentiary pre-trial motions for the State of Texas vs. Jason Floyd Tarr.

Hays County District court came to order at 9 AM this morning with Judge Bill Henry presiding over non-evidentiary pre-trial motions for the State of Texas vs. Jason Floyd Tarr.

Unlike Tarrs’ previously scheduled appearance in Judge Gary Steel’s courtroom on November 10th to which Tarr did not attend, the defendant was confirmed present by Judge Henry’s role call this morning at 9:12 and instructed not to leave the courtroom until conferring with his attorney.

San Marcos defense attorney Billy McNabb told Judge Steel on November 10th, he believed his clients appearance to be a “Moot Point” due to an added indictment of murder, to the initial indictment for intoxication manslaughter by a grand jury and requested a reset.

Today at 9:35, while Judge Henry was in between case motions, McNabb approached the bench as quietly as possible and without being summoned to request the court for an additional delay of motions due to his own conflicting case schedules. Judge Henry granted the defense councils request of a reset for further discovery.

McNabb nodded his client out of the courtroom by 9:37, and no further court actions have been scheduled at this time.

On September 29, 2014, Jason Tarr, 37, resident of Buda, prominent Broker/Realtor for Keller Williams, and former president of the Kyle area Chamber of Commerce, caused the death of Nancy Sterling-Dalton of Austin.

The fatal accident occurred at 8 p.m. on FM 1626 near Lakewood Drive, when Tarr’s 2009 Ford F150 truck crashed head-on into Sterling-Dalton’s vehicle. Sterling-Dalton died at the scene, and Tarr had minor injuries.

Witnesses of the event reported observing Tarr’s truck weaving in and out of his lane, crossing the center dividing lines and at times driving on the shoulder.

The Hays County Sheriff Office obtained a warrant and a blood sample was taken after they discovered he was intoxicated.

Tarr had been previously charged with driving drunk in 2002 and 2005.

An October 2015 grand jury found substantial evidence in case number CR-15-0714 for an indictment of first degree murder which can result in life imprisonment or five to 99 years’ imprisonment, as well as a fine of up to $10,000.