Vehicular Homicide: 30 Year Sentence | | Douglasville Accident Attorney

Date: February 22, 2010
Event: Fatal Car Accident | Douglasville Accident Attorney
Title: Vehicular Homicide: 30 Year Sentence

In August of 2008 Otuwa Otuwa was operating his vehicle while under the influence of alcohol. He was traveling at a high rate of speed on Lee Road near Old lee Road in Lithia Springs when his car left the road and struck a tree. Unfortunately Otuwa age 24 was not alone in the vehicle. His sister, Gracie Otuwa and a friend of her’s Andre Robert Houston were passengers in that vehicle and were killed. On Friday, February 19, 2010 Douglas County Superior Court Judge, David Emerson reduced the nine charges to two charges of vehicular homicide and sentenced Otuwa to 15 years for each death. Both Gracie Otuwa and Johnson had just graduated from college the day before the incident. Family members and friends spoke on behalf of not only the victims but the accused Otuwa as well. They implored the judge to sentence Otuwa to a rehabilitation program.