Re: California - less than 3 years for hit & run killing

In many/most jurisdictions it the simple fact of  leaving the scene
that triggers the upgrade to felony

On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 10:51 PM, MH <hoagy-OlwQ/[email protected]> wrote:

> Riverside woman pleads guilty in hit-and-run that killed cyclist
> Daily News Wire Services
> Posted: 02/01/2011 08:03:49 PM PST
> Updated: 02/01/2011 08:05:30 PM PST
>
> SANTA ANA - A 38-year-old Riverside woman pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges
> stemming from a hit-and-run crash that killed a bicyclist in Newport Beach.
>
> Patricia Ann Izquieta pleaded guilty to felony hit-and-run with death,
> felony vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and misdemeanor driving
> without a valid license. She also admitted a sentencing enhancement
> allegation for causing great bodily injury.
>
> Orange County Superior Court Judge Robert Fitzgerald offered to sentence
> Izquieta to three years in prison -- the maximum sentence was four years --
> in exchange for the guilty plea, Deputy District Attorney Jason Baez said.
>
> Izquieta will have to at least 85 percent of the time, according to the
> prosecutor.
>
> Formal sentencing is set for March 11.
>
> Izauieta was driving her Saturn sport-utility vehicle north on Jamboree
> Road in the right lane about 6 a.m. on Dec. 9, 2009, when she struck
> Donald Murphy, who was riding his bicycle next to the curb, Baez said.
>
> Izquieta kept driving, despite significant damage to the front hood and
> windshield of the SUV, Baez said. The bicycle was dragged for more than a
> mile under the vehicle until Izquieta stopped in a Coco's restaurant
> parking lot, where someone called police, Baez said. She was still in the
> vehicle in the parking lot when police arrived.
>
> Izquieta was taking prescription medicine, including methadone,
> Hydromorphone and Clonazepam, which affected her driving, Baez
> said.
>
> The 49-year-old bicyclist died a day later from head and neck injuries he
> suffered in the collision, Baez said.   CNS-02-01-2011 18:39
>
> ---
>
> Motorist on drugs pleads guilty in bicyclist death
> The Associated Press
> Wednesday, February 2, 2011; 9:19 AM
>
> SANTA ANA, Calif. -- A drug-addled Southern California motorist who struck
> and killed a bicyclist, then dragged the bike under her car for a mile
> while fleeing could spend up to three years in prison.
>
> Orange County prosecutors say 38-year-old Patricia Ann Izquieta, of
> Riverside, pleaded guilty Tuesday to felony hit and run with permanent
> death or injury, felony vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and
> misdemeanor driving without a valid license.
>
> She is expected to get three years in prison when she's sentenced March 11.
>
> Investigators say Izquieta was behind the wheel of a Saturn SUV and was
> under the influence of several prescription drugs when she struck bicyclist
> Donald Murphy in Newport Beach in 2009.
>
> Murphy was thrown from his bicycle and Izquieta took off, dragging the bike
> more than a mile.
>
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