A Sedgwick County jury on May 1, 2026, convicted Dalton Huffman, 32, on two counts arising from a deadly crash the night before Thanksgiving 2023 in Wichita, Kansas [1]. The trial proceeded on charges of DUI and leaving the scene of an accident after prosecutors did not submit an involuntary manslaughter charge to the jury [1]. Huffman had previously entered no-contest pleas to two related counts, driving with a suspended license and operating a vehicle without a court-required interlock device, which resolved those charges before trial [1].
The crash killed Anastasia Carter, 24, a mother of three daughters [1]. The jury returned guilty verdicts on both counts submitted for its consideration [1]. No acquittals were returned on the tried counts, and the record reflects no hung counts.
Sentencing is scheduled for June 26, 2026, before the Sedgwick County District Court [1]. Kansas sentencing on a DUI-causing-death conviction is governed by statutory guidelines; the specific range applicable to Huffman will be addressed at that hearing. The prior no-contest pleas to the suspended-license and interlock-device counts may factor into the sentencing calculus as additional criminal history or concurrent charges.
No post-trial motions or appellate filings are reflected in available sources as of the verdict date.
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