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| DUI Death Lands Man 10 Years |
| By chicoer.com |
| Published: 02/03/2011 |
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OROVILLE — A judge sentenced a 26-year-old Chico man to 10 years in prison for the intoxicated driving death of a jogger who taught elementary school in Corning. Jimmy Candido Flores will likely serve about five years of his 10-year, eight-month sentence. He pleaded no contest Nov. 23 in Butte County Superior Court to gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and possession of marijuana for sale. Flores was driving under the influence of marijuana and three other drugs about 9 a.m. July 22 when he mowed down Carrie Jean Holiman, 56, of Chico, who was jogging on the shoulder of Oro Chico Highway near Estates Drive. Judge Clare Keithley said she separated emotion from her decision Wednesday and looked at the facts of the case to impose the upper term. The courtroom gallery and jury box was filled with Holiman's and Flores'loved ones. Read More. |
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