18 Year Old Charged with Gross Vehicular Manslaughter Following DUI Accident
18 Year Old Charged with Gross Vehicular Manslaughter Following DUI Accident
18 Year Old Charged with Gross Vehicular Manslaughter Following DUI Accident Last week in Santa Ana, an 18-year-old Lake Elsinore resident was driving on Ortega Highway in Orange County. Francisco Jesus Ochoa, 18, apparently did not possess a license to drive a motor vehicle and was uninsured. Ortega has been charged under the California Penal Code section 191.5 (a) vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence, for the killing his friend while…
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Santa Ana Man Arrested for Vehicular Manslaughter in Orange County DUI Case Recently in Santa Ana, a young man was arrested on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter as well as felony hit and run, felony DUI. Police believe that Angel Alberto Cruz Perez, 23, was involved in the incident where a two year old boy was struck and killed by the driver of a Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV). Police identified the…
Read MoreLife In Prison For (DUI) Resulting in a Second Degree Murder
Life In Prison For (DUI) Resulting in a Second Degree Murder An Orange County Man was sentenced last week to almost 20 years to life in prison for killing a woman while driving impaired Valentine's Day 2010. A jury convicted twenty-four-year-old, Gustavo Adrian Vega of second-degree murder. He was also found guilty of one count of felony hit-and-run resulting in death and one count of possession of cocaine. Back in…
Read MoreCharged With Gross Vehicular Manslaughter While Intoxicated In San Diego
Charged With Gross Vehicular Manslaughter While Intoxicated In San Diego In California, under Penal Codes section 191.5 the crime of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated is a felony offense that involves drunk driving resulting in the unlawful killing of a human being. There is no requirement that the act must be done with premeditation or malice aforethought. Rather, what is required is to show that the accused was acting with…
Read More21-Year-Old Santa Ana Woman Sentenced to 15 Years to Life For DUI Murder
21-Year-Old Santa Ana Woman Sentenced to 15 Years to Life For DUI Murder Brittany Deanne Schuetz, 21, was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison for the DUI murder of April Junhee Whang, a 26-year-old Fullerton woman in 2009. Schuetz had previously been convicted of drunk driving in 2007 and had completed subsequent alcohol education programs. On New Year’s Eve 2009, Schuetz sped through a red light and struck…
Read MoreWoman Pleads Not Guilty Gross Vehicular Manslaughter While Intoxicated
Woman Pleads Not Guilty Gross Vehicular Manslaughter While Intoxicated San Diego 10 News reported that a woman entered a plea of not guilty to gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated. The woman was allegedly driving along a street in Poway when she veered off into the bike lane, onto a curb, and hit a mother of two who was walking along the side of the road. The woman who was hit,…
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