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San Diego DUI - Facing Murder, with 5 DUI priors
San Diego DUI criminal defense attorney news
September 19, 2007
SAN DIEGO: A man accused of San Diego DUI / drunk driving and causing a traffic collision that killed a 76-year-old woman pleaded not guilty yesterday to murder and other charges.
John Joseph Taskey Jr., 45, also is charged with gross vehicular manslaughter and felony driving under the influence in connection with the Sept. 13 crash that fatally injured Rosa A. Degerman of San Diego.
San Diego Superior Court Judge David Szumowski set Taskey's bail at $1 million and appointed the Public Defender's Office to represent him. If convicted of the charges, he could be sentenced to 15 years to life in prison.
Prosecutors said Degerman was riding in a car with family members on westbound Interstate 8 when it was allegedly rear-ended by a pickup near West Mission Bay Drive shortly after 6:30 p.m.
An 11-year-old girl's shoulder was broken in the crash. Degerman died at a hospital the next morning.
Deputy District Attorney David Grapilon told the judge that Taskey has had five previous DUI convictions in the past decade. He was on parole from the last conviction when the collision occurred.
September 19, 2007
SAN DIEGO: A man accused of San Diego DUI / drunk driving and causing a traffic collision that killed a 76-year-old woman pleaded not guilty yesterday to murder and other charges.
John Joseph Taskey Jr., 45, also is charged with gross vehicular manslaughter and felony driving under the influence in connection with the Sept. 13 crash that fatally injured Rosa A. Degerman of San Diego.
San Diego Superior Court Judge David Szumowski set Taskey's bail at $1 million and appointed the Public Defender's Office to represent him. If convicted of the charges, he could be sentenced to 15 years to life in prison.
Prosecutors said Degerman was riding in a car with family members on westbound Interstate 8 when it was allegedly rear-ended by a pickup near West Mission Bay Drive shortly after 6:30 p.m.
An 11-year-old girl's shoulder was broken in the crash. Degerman died at a hospital the next morning.
Deputy District Attorney David Grapilon told the judge that Taskey has had five previous DUI convictions in the past decade. He was on parole from the last conviction when the collision occurred.
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