P. v. Wilkerson CA2/6
Taran Wilkerson was suspected of involvement in a large scale drug transaction. He fled from police officers resulting in a high speed chase during which his car flipped over and a pedestrian was killed. At his criminal trial, he unsuccessfully moved to suppress evidence of the drugs he was transporting and went on to focus his defense on a charge of murder (Pen. Code, § 187, subd. (a)). The jury acquitted him of that charge, but convicted him of gross vehicular manslaughter (§ 192, subd. (c)(1)), evading an officer causing death (Veh. Code, § 2800.3, subd. (b)), two counts of leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death (id., § 20001, subd. (a)), possessing cocaine for sale (Health & Saf. Code, § 11351), selling, transporting, or offering to sell cocaine (id., § 11352, subd. (a)), and three counts of hit-run driving (Veh. Code, § 20002, subd. (a)). The jury also found true special allegations that after committing the manslaughter appellant fled the scene of the cri
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