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A former state attorney accused of driving drunk before a crash that killed another driver will go on trial in February.

Judge Grant Hawkins set Terry Record's trial for Feb. 25 during a hearing this morning in Marion Superior Court. After the May 6 death of Jimmy R. Cash, 46, Record was charged with two felony counts of operating a vehicle while intoxicated, causing death, and one count of reckless homicide.
A group of Cash's family members attended today's hearing. Outside court, they said they were waiting for justice to be served and were hopeful now that a trial had been set.
"We feel that it's been long enough," said Chet Seidensticker, Cash's stepson. Cash's wife, Terry, nodded.
The judge asked the prosecutor and Record's attorney to stick to the trial date.
Record, 27, was driving his car 60 mph when he ran a red light at Southeastern Avenue and Pleasant Run Parkway and plowed into the side of Cash's Ford pickup, nearly splitting it in two, police said. Record had been drinking at a strip club a mile away, and police said his blood-alcohol content measured between 0.15 and 0.17, about twice the level at which Indiana drivers are considered drunk.
Record is on home detention while he awaits his trial. If convicted of the most serious charge, he could face six to 20 years in prison. After the crash, the Indiana State Department of Health fired Record from his job as a staff attorney.