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12 Years Assessed for DUI Death in Hanover, Virginia
Posted on Aug 16, 2011
A Hanover County, Virginia judge sentenced a Mexican national, Feliciano Aguas-Suarez, to 12 years in prison upon his guilty plea to DUI-related aggravated manslaughter of a 23-year old man. The accident occurred when the vehicle Aguas-Suarez was driving crossed a double yellow line on a state highway and struck the victim's vehicle almost head-on, flipping it and ejecting the victim.
The state sentencing guidelines suggested a lesser maximum sentence of 8 years, but Judge Overton Harris went above them in pronouncing sentence. Evidence was presented that Agusa-Suarez was in the U.S. illegally, and had several prior run-ins with the law which did not result in his deportation. Judge Harris perhaps was swayed in going outside the guidelines by the argument of the Commonwealth's Attorney that a longer sentence would "send a message" to lawmakers and to those who drink and drive.
What is obvious is that in Hanover County, DUIs are taken very seriously, and the penalties imposed can be extremely harsh.
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