DUI driver who killed couple, injured their 3 young children pleads guilty to murder

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Grace Coleman, 23, pleaded guilty Friday to an alcohol-fueled crash in Newport Beach that killed a Santa Ana couple and left their three young daughters hospitalized. She could face up to 42 years and eight months to life in prison if convicted at trial.

is scheduled to be sentenced July 29. She accepted a plea deal from Orange County Superior Court Judge Gregg Prickett, who said the maximum punishment she would face would be 21 years to life in prison, her attorney John Barnett said.

Under state law, a driver with a prior DUI conviction who is subsequently involved in a deadly DUI crash can be charged with second-degree murder, which carries a life sentence. The same legal principle is applied in some cases for a prior arrest when a suspect has been given what is known as a Watson waiver admonishment.

According to now-retired Laguna Beach police Sgt. Jim Cota, the victim reported the collision the following day and submitted video footage, but the two sides later settled the matter between themselves and no arrest or referral for charges was made to prosecutors. According to a GoFundMe page created by Andrade's sister, the family had been admiring holiday lights in the area that night, and the victims' daughters, who are 1, 3 and 5 years old, were dressed in "their Christmas pajamas."

 

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