Man Pleads No Contest to Death in High-Speed Chase
A 25-year-old Lynwood man was sentenced Tuesday to 14 years and eight months in prison for leading police on a high-speed chase, which ended with a crash that killed his passenger.
Alhambra Superior Court Judge Jaime Corral sentenced Juan Antonio Medrano after he pleaded no contest to vehicular manslaughter, felony evading and grand theft as a jury was being impaneled Tuesday.
Medrano had been charged with murder in the 1998 death of his passenger William Barboso, 19, of Los Angeles.
The district attorney’s office said Medrano was driving a pickup stolen in Glendale along Los Feliz Boulevard when the vehicle slammed into a concrete barrier, resulting in Barboso’s death at the scene.
Start your day right
Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
