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Man Pleads No Contest To DUI Charges In Burbank Crash

By Neil Shouse, Esq.

A drunk driver accused of causing a single-car crash in Burbank that killed one passenger and injured three others last year, has pleaded no contest to the charges, according to this Los Angeles Daily News article. According to the report, 24-year-old Michael Scott Christenson pleaded no contest to one count of gross vehicular manslaughter and three counts of DUI causing injury. Christenson was driving a 2007 Honda Accord when it jumped a center median and hit two trees and a wall. The auto accident killed Eric Flesher, 24, of Los Angeles. Christenson will be sentenced next month and faces a 12-year state prison term. However, the murder charge against him is expected to be dismissed, the news report said. In California, vehicular manslaughter that does not involve gross negligence may be charged as a misdemeanor or a felony, depending on the circumstances...continue to full post

Full post as published by DUI Blogger on January 20, 2009 (boomark / email).