Conviction in Southern California Felony DUI Murder Case
A tragic and disturbing Southern California felony DUI case that has gripped Orange County and San Diego County has come to a conclusion. Danny Ruiz, a Laguna Hills man, has been convicted of two felony murder counts stemming from a San Clemente DUI crash last May that took the lives of both his girlfriend and her unborn child. Ruiz and his girlfriend (Andrea Gerdon) had attended a wedding ceremony: they were en route home, when Ruiz lost control of his Blazer and slammed into a palm tree. The police tested Ruiz’s blood alcohol concentration and found that he had a BAC of 0.17% - more than double the state’s allowable limit. Ruiz had previously been convicted of two other crimes – a carjacking in 1995 and a robbery in 1991. The judge has set a sentencing hearing for October, at which Ruiz could face a sentence of life in prison for the crime.
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