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PEOPLE v. NICOLAS

No. G052512.

8 Cal.App.5th 1165 (2017)

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JORENE YPANTO NICOLAS, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division Three.

February 23, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sylvia W. Beckham, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Julie L. Garland, Assistant Attorney General, Charles C. Ragland and Allison V. Hawley, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

A jury found defendant Jorene Ypanto Nicolas guilty of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence. Essentially, defendant was on her phone and texting while driving on the freeway. The deceased victim had been in her car, stalled in a traffic jam. Defendant crashed into the rear of the victim's car...

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