He's charged with DWI, three counts of death by motor vehicle (punishable up to 59 months each count) and driving without a license.
Police say Martinez was driving a van on the wrong way on the Beltline plowed head-on into a car Sunday morning near the Capital Boulevard ramp.
Three people in the car were killed: 26-year-old Guillermo Zintzun Jimenez, 21-year-old Dagoberto Zintzun Jimenez and 14-year-old Santiago Pascual Tellez. They were all from the Raleigh area.