P. v. Echols CA2/2
In a two-count amended information filed by the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, defendant and appellant Johnnie Anthony Echols was charged with driving under the influence of a drug causing injury to Paulo Rojas (Rojas) (Veh. Code, § 23153, subd. (e); count 1) and reckless driving on a highway causing injury to Rojas (Veh. Code, §§ 23103, subd. (a), 23105; count 2). As to both counts, it was further alleged that defendant personally inflicted great bodily injury upon Rojas (Pen. Code, § 12022.7, subd. (a)), and personally inflicted great bodily injury causing Rojas to be comatose (Pen. Code, § 12022.7, subd. (b)). The amended information further alleged that defendant had suffered two prior serious felony convictions (Pen. Code, §§ 667, subds. (a)(1) & (b)-(j), 1170.12, subds. (a)-(d)), and that he had served six prior prison terms (Pen. Code, § 667.5, subd. (b)).
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