Saturday, March 29, 2008
MJ DUI crash results in 15 years to life in prison
DUI criminal defense lawyer news
A Downey man who was driving under the influence of marijuana and alcohol when he killed two people in a high-speed crash was sentenced Friday to 15 years to life in prison, DUI criminal defense lawyers learned.
Jon David Tafoya, 28, was convicted of murder Jan. 24 in the Mission Viejo crash on April 5, 2005, according to DUI criminal defense lawyers.
Tafoya had been attempting to evade Orange County sheriff's deputies as they tried to pull him over for suspected California DUI - drunk driving after leaving Tortilla Flats at Lake Mission Viejo, per DUI criminal defense attorneys. He was driving a Chevrolet pickup about 90 mph up a hill on the wrong side of the road when he crashed head-on into a Saturn coupe, killing the driver, Eusebio Flores, 40, and his passenger, Melody Woodbridge, 22, DUI criminal defense attorneys are told.
A Downey man who was driving under the influence of marijuana and alcohol when he killed two people in a high-speed crash was sentenced Friday to 15 years to life in prison, DUI criminal defense lawyers learned.
Jon David Tafoya, 28, was convicted of murder Jan. 24 in the Mission Viejo crash on April 5, 2005, according to DUI criminal defense lawyers.
Tafoya had been attempting to evade Orange County sheriff's deputies as they tried to pull him over for suspected California DUI - drunk driving after leaving Tortilla Flats at Lake Mission Viejo, per DUI criminal defense attorneys. He was driving a Chevrolet pickup about 90 mph up a hill on the wrong side of the road when he crashed head-on into a Saturn coupe, killing the driver, Eusebio Flores, 40, and his passenger, Melody Woodbridge, 22, DUI criminal defense attorneys are told.
# posted by SanDiegoDUI @ 12:16 PM 
| This website & linked blog is made available by this law firm for general information purposes only and to provide a general understanding of the law, not to provide legal advice. Readers of this website/blog are cautioned that reading the website/blog does not create a lawyer-client relationship between the reader and this law firm. |
