After pleading guilty in the November 2022 crash that killed Alejandro Martinez-Inzunza, Nicholas Joseph Gutierrez withdrew his plea deal after the judge added jail time. As a result, the case will now move toward a trial.
Nicholas Joseph Gutierrez , the man charged with vehicular manslaughter and other counts after allegedly ramming his vehicle into a group of Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department recruits on a training run in November 2022, withdrew from his plea deal Friday.
While Gutierrez had pleaded guilty last month, he withdrew that plea after Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Laura Walton indicated she planned to send him to jail for a year as part of his sentence. Under the original deal, Gutierrez was expected to receive five years of probation and a suspended eight-year state prison term. When the judge added the 365-day jail term, his attorneys said they could not accept that condition.
His legal team also stated in court that Gutierrez suffers from a neurological disorder. PREVIOUS COVERAGE: The charges stem from a Nov. 16, 2022, crash where 76 recruits were on a training run in Whittier. Officials said 25 recruits were injured, and one of them, Alejandro Martinez-Inzunza, died from his injuries in July 2023. Investigators found no evidence the crash was intentional and determined that Gutierrez likely fell asleep at the wheel before drifting into the group.
The legal case has faced several turns over the last few years:Since the plea deal was withdrawn, the case will now move toward a trial. Gutierrez is due back in court Aug. 26 for a pretrial hearing.
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