Ex-substance abuse counselor found guilty of murder, DUI
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A former substance abuse counselor was found guilty Tuesday of murder and other charges after driving for two miles with a 31-year-old man stuck in her windshield, authorities said.
Sherri Lynn Wilkins, 52, was charged with murder, gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, driving under the influence causing injury and driving with a 0.08 percent or higher blood-alcohol level in connection with the November 2012 collision that killed Phillip Moreno
A downtown Los Angeles jury reached the guilty verdict, the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office said on Twitter on Tuesday afternoon.
Sentencing was scheduled for March 26.
Wilkins was a substance abuse counselor in Torrance, where the collision occurred.
She allegedly drove more than two miles with Moreno stuck in her windshield until a crowd of witnesses surrounded the car and detained her until police arrived. Moreno was pronounced dead at a local hospital.
Wilkins had two prior burglary convictions and faces life in prison because of the third strike, the district attorney’s office said when she was charged in 2012.
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