P. v. Bonthu CA6
Appellant Vinodkumarna Bonthu went out drinking with two friends and got behind the wheel of his car. When exiting U.S. Highway 101, Bonthu careened across a road into oncoming traffic and crashed head-on into another vehicle, killing two people and injuring three others. A jury convicted Bonthu of two counts of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and two counts of driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI) causing injury. The jury also found true several sentence enhancements based on the victims’ injuries. The trial court sentenced Bonthu to eight years and eight months in state prison.
On appeal, Bonthu claims the trial court erred by admitting evidence of an alcohol-content test performed by a hospital on his blood plasma and that his DUI convictions must be stricken as lesser included offenses of gross vehicular manslaughter.
For the reasons explained below, we affirm the judgment.
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