Guilty Verdict in Deaths of 2 in Freeway Collision
From Times Staff Reports
A Costa Mesa man was convicted of second-degree murder Wednesday for killing two people while driving drunk.
Stephen Anthony Houston-Irving, 31, was driving north on the San Diego Freeway in Irvine on Oct. 24, 2003 when he struck an SUV. Killed were Linda Rojas and 10-year-old Giovanni Jimenez, who were on their way to Rojas’ daughter’s birthday party.
Houston-Irving is set to be sentenced Jan. 14 in Orange County Superior Court in Santa Ana.
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