The charge is related to a June 2007 car accident near Westphalia that killed University of Mary Hardin-Baylor senior Amber Rice.
Bell County prosecutor Paul McWilliams said Juan Molina has agreed to enter a guilty plea and receive a sentence during a hearing at 1:30 p.m. today.
McWilliams would not comment about potential length of sentence. The policy of the district attorney’s office is to not comment about open cases.
Molina’s attorney, Tim Mahler, did not return a phone message left with his office.
The maximum sentence Molina could receive for the second-degree felony is 20 years in prison.
The accident happened June 16, 2007. A vehicle driven by Ms. Rice’s boyfriend, Michael Dodson, was rear-ended by Molina’s vehicle when Dodson slowed to make a turn.
Police arrested Molina at the scene. He was originally charged with leaving the scene of an accident.
After impact, Molina and two passengers from his vehicle initially fled into a nearby cornfield, officials said. The passengers in the truck were never charged.
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