Driver Gets 11 Years in Death of CHP Officer
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A man convicted in a drunken driving collision that killed a California Highway Patrol officer was sentenced Friday to 11 years in prison.
Christopher P. Merrick was returning home from a night of drinking in Tijuana, Mexico, on Oct. 28, 2000, when he struck Officer Sean Nava on Interstate 5 near Carlsbad.
Merrick, 22, was convicted last month of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and felony hit-and-run.
He faced a maximum of 16 years in prison.
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