Newport Beach Drunk Driving Caused Vehicular Manslaughter

NEWPORT BEACH - Orange County Register reports that An Orange County judge today declined to offer a guilty plea to a repeated drunk driver for his vehicular manslaughter in high-speed, DUI / drunk driving crash.
Jeffrey Kirby, 51, of Costa Mesa, killed a martial arts entrepreneur in a drink driving accident in March in Newport Beach.
He has been charged with four felonies, vehicular manslaughter and felony hit-and-run. He has been taken to Orange County Jail and had $500,000 bail on him.
Kirby lost control of his car while drunk driving in a speed of 100 mph and crashed into Lewis' Ferrari.
Lewis, of Huntington Beach, died immediately after the car crashed. Lewis' girlfriend, Lacy White, was seriously injured.
Kirby had prior drunken driving convictions in 1985 and 2002. And he knew that drinking driving / driving under the influence was unlawful and dangerous, but he still chose to do it. He had a .13 blood-alcohol level after the crash.
According to California Law and California Penal Code Section 191 and Penal Code Section 192, Gross Vehicular manslaughter is defined as a serious crime causing the death of another person due to illegal driving, including negligence, drunk driving or reckless driving.
Vehicular manslaughter can be charged as a misdemeanor or a felony depending on the circumstances and seriousness of the crime. Gross negligence generally can be considered as a misdemeanor; but if it is involved with the death of a person, it usually is charged as felony.
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