{"id":65991,"date":"2015-08-26T14:13:57","date_gmt":"2015-08-26T21:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=65991"},"modified":"2015-08-26T14:16:33","modified_gmt":"2015-08-26T21:16:33","slug":"judge-denies-request-to-withdraw-plea-in-wrong-way-crash-that-killed-lancaster-pastor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2015\/08\/26\/judge-denies-request-to-withdraw-plea-in-wrong-way-crash-that-killed-lancaster-pastor\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge denies request to withdraw plea in wrong-way crash that killed Lancaster pastor"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Manard Giles, 77, was a pastor at The Answer Community Church of God in Christ in Lancaster. The pastor and his passengers were returning from a church event in San Diego when they were struck by a wrong-way driver around 3:30 a.m. June 22, 2013. (Facebook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

SAN FERNANDO – A judge on Wednesday rejected a man’s request to withdraw his no-contest plea to murder and other charges stemming from a 2013 wrong-way crash on the Antelope Valley (14) Freeway that left two people dead, including the pastor of a Lancaster church.<\/p>\n

Bradford Pate<\/strong>, 40, faces 23 years to life in prison when he is sentenced Oct. 2.<\/p>\n

Pate’s attorney argued that his client did not fully understand the terms of his July no-contest plea to two counts of murder, gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and DUI.<\/p>\n

Judge Lloyd Nash disagreed and rejected Pate’s request to withdraw the plea.<\/p>\n

Pate has a May 2007 DUI conviction from Ventura County, according to the criminal complaint.<\/p>\n

Authorities said Pate drove his 2006 Toyota truck south on the northbound lanes of the freeway near Escondido Canyon Road south of Palmdale before dawn June 22, 2013, striking a 2006 Chrysler being driven by the Rev. Manard Giles<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Giles, the 77-year-old pastor of The Answer Community Church of God in Christ in Lancaster, was killed in the crash. A passenger in Giles’ car, Mattie Lee Ferguson<\/strong>, 60, of Lancaster, died later, authorities said.<\/p>\n

A second passenger was trapped in the minister’s vehicle until rescuers freed him, according to the District Attorney’s Office.<\/p>\n

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Previous related stories:<\/p>\n

Family of Lancaster pastor killed in wrong-way crash files lawsuit<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Wrong-way driver charged with murdering 2 local residents<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Quartz Hill man killed, Lancaster man critically injured in wrong-way DUI crash<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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