Tuesday, December 04, 2007
45 years in prison for DUI driver killing 2 folks
San Diego DUI attorney news
A man who struck and killed two people with his pick-up truck while intoxicated was sentenced to 45 years in prison by a jury today.
Eduardo Sandoval, 35, was found guilty Monday on two counts of murder in the March 14 deaths of Amanda Carrasco, 24, and James Michael "Mike" Kaiser, 26, on a North Mesa St. crosswalk near Cincinnati Ave.
He also was convicted of two counts of failure to stop and render aid.
The jury sentenced Sandoval to 40 years in prison for each count of murder and five years in prison for each count of failure to stop and render aid. The sentences are to run concurrently.
Sandoval will have to serve 20 years before he is eligible for his first parole hearing, said Louis Lopez, Sandoval's DUI defense lawyer.
"Anytime that you have two deaths in the same incident, and you have a person with multiple DWI convictions and he was on probation for a felony. The fact that he didn't get life - is a win," he said.
A man who struck and killed two people with his pick-up truck while intoxicated was sentenced to 45 years in prison by a jury today.
Eduardo Sandoval, 35, was found guilty Monday on two counts of murder in the March 14 deaths of Amanda Carrasco, 24, and James Michael "Mike" Kaiser, 26, on a North Mesa St. crosswalk near Cincinnati Ave.
He also was convicted of two counts of failure to stop and render aid.
The jury sentenced Sandoval to 40 years in prison for each count of murder and five years in prison for each count of failure to stop and render aid. The sentences are to run concurrently.
Sandoval will have to serve 20 years before he is eligible for his first parole hearing, said Louis Lopez, Sandoval's DUI defense lawyer.
"Anytime that you have two deaths in the same incident, and you have a person with multiple DWI convictions and he was on probation for a felony. The fact that he didn't get life - is a win," he said.
# posted by SanDiegoDUI @ 4:50 PM 
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