N.C.: Illegal Immigrant Found Guilty Of Murder In Deadly..
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Illegal Immigrant Found Guilty Of Murder In Deadly 2005 Crash
POSTED: 5:47 pm EST March 2, 2007
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- A Mecklenburg County jury has found an illegal immigrant guilty of several charges resulting from a deadly 2005 crash.
Raymundo Pineda was found guilty of driving while impaired, hit-and-run and second-degree murder for the death of Jasmine Lawrence in April 2005.
Prosecutors said Pineda was driving drunk on Independence Boulevard when he hit Lawrence’s car and didn’t stop to help the injured woman.
Pineda will spend a minimum of 19 years in prison and will be deported when his sentence is complete.
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And a previous story:
http://www.wsoctv.com/news/11137687/detail.html
Illegal Immigrant On Trial For Deadly East Charlotte Crash
POSTED: 4:50 pm EST February 28, 2007
UPDATED: 6:11 pm EST February 28, 2007
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- A Charlotte family spent Wednesday in court hearing testimony against an illegal immigrant accused of driving drunk and causing a crash that killed their young loved one two years ago.
Six of Jasmine Lawrence’s relatives were in the courtroom, including her mother. She dreads returning to court to hear more details about how her 21-year-old daughter died in a hit-and-run accident.
Police said Raymundo Pineda’s truck hit Lawrence’s car on Independence Boulevard in April 2005, and he didn't stop to help. He was arrested a few minutes later in an east Charlotte apartment complex.
Pineda had been charged with driving while impaired a year before the fatal crash.
Several Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officers took the stand on Wednesday. One told jurors how a driver who saw Pineda’s truck leave the accident scene followed it, and then led police to where the truck was parked. Another officer testified that Pineda told him he drank at least five beers at two bars that night.
The prosecution is expected to call someone from the medical examiner’s office to the stand on Thursday. The case could go to the jury as early as Thursday afternoon.
The victim's mother said she will talk about how painful the trial has been for her and her family once it’s over.
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Related thread posted back in 2005:
http://www.alipac.us/modules.php?name=F ... ndo+pineda