P. v. Vernon
Driving at an unsafe speed and with a blood-alcohol level of 0.16, defendant Willie Vernon made an unsafe turn on a freeway off-ramp which resulted in a crash that killed one passenger and seriously injured two others. Defendant pleaded no contest to gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated (Pen. Code 191.5, subd. (a); further undesignated references are to this code), and admitted that he personally inflicted great bodily injury on two victims ( 12022.7, subd. (a)) and had a prior strike conviction ( 667, subds. (b)-(i)) in exchange for dismissal of all remaining counts and allegations, dismissal of two unrelated pending cases pursuant to a Harvey[1]waiver, and a sentencing lid of 18 years in state prison. The judgment is affirmed.
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