San Diego DUI Man Faces Six Years

Last year and Cartmell Mountain Ranch a man who was drunk driving in this suburb of San Diego injured six other people. Recently he was sentenced to six years in prison for this offense.

The 57-year-old man was convicted of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and felony DUI charges coming from his collision that injured six people and killed a 65-year-old man.

The man who was killed was a married father of five who had just retired after working two jobs for 20 years to support his family. In what was an emotional hearing at the San Diego Superior Court House, the judge sentenced a man to the middle term available under law because of his lack of criminal record, his previous time serving in the Marines, and his contributions to the local community.

A local San Diego drunk driving attorney mentioned that the maximum term available with 10 years.