A judge will take the next two weeks to consider the sentence for a man convicted of two counts of impaired driving causing bodily harm after a 2009 rollover.

A sentencing hearing for Michael Schmidt took place Monday in Yukon Supreme Court.

In November 2011, Michael Schmidt was found guilty of two counts of impaired driving causing bodily harm to Jessica Frotten and Michael Sanderson.

On Dec. 14, 2009, Schmidt was driving with Frotten and Sanderson on the way from Whitehorse to Haines Junction when his Honda car rolled on the Alaska Highway near the Takhini River Bridge.

Both passengers were ejected from the car.

Frotten, then 21, suffered a broken back, a torn aorta, broken feet, punctured lungs, several broken ribs and a concussion.

She spent several weeks in a medically-induced coma at an Edmonton hospital and is now a paraplegic.

Sanderson, then 29, broke his right shoulder, left leg and multiple ribs and tore the ligaments in his left knee.

The Crown is asking for a sentence of 18 to 24 months in jail with a three-year driving suspension.

The defence suggested the court consider alternatives to jail time.

Prosecutor Bonnie Macdonald argued Schmidt was driving 20 km/h over the speed limit on icy roads at the time of the crash.

She estimated Frotten, who once held three part-time jobs, now spends about $6,000 a month on physiotherapy on top of the thousands of dollars her family has already spent on modifications to their home.

Macdonald said Schmidt may feel terrible about the crash but has not made the connection between his decision to drink and the results of his actions.

When he was given a breathalyzer test three hours following the rollover, Schmidt's blood alcohol concentration was 0.07. The legal limit is 0.08.

When speaking in front of the family Monday, Schmidt insisted he has made the connection between his drinking and the crash and knows the crash was entirely his

fault.

"It's my fault; the only thing I can do to help is to be judged and punished because it might make you feel better,” he said, looking at Frotten's family.

Schmidt said he was not "100 per cent sober” but had believed food would "safeguard” him.

He said there is a cavalier attitude toward drinking and driving in the Yukon.

People who drive with any amount of liquor in their system should be looked at as fools and be ashamed of themselves, he said.

Schmidt, 30, told the court that since the crash, he has suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder and severe depression.

He said he is now asking for mercy and understanding.

"I am not a bad person. I made a bad mistake, and I am sorry to everyone who had to face the consequences.”

Justice Ron Veale is scheduled to sentence Schmidt on March 5.