{"id":70915,"date":"2016-03-23T15:08:11","date_gmt":"2016-03-23T22:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=70915"},"modified":"2016-03-23T15:09:29","modified_gmt":"2016-03-23T22:09:29","slug":"states-high-court-wont-review-case-of-man-convicted-in-dui-crash-that-killed-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2016\/03\/23\/states-high-court-wont-review-case-of-man-convicted-in-dui-crash-that-killed-2\/","title":{"rendered":"State’s high court won’t review case of man convicted in DUI crash that killed 2"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Beau
Beau Fluker and Jeffrey Gilstrap<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LOS ANGELES – The California Supreme Court refused Wednesday to review the case against a man sentenced to 30 years to life behind bars for a drunken driving crash in Lancaster that killed two young men on their way home from work.<\/span><\/p>\n

In January, a three-justice panel from California’s 2nd District Court of Appeal rejected the defense’s contention that there was insufficient evidence to support <\/span>Tommie Lee Cole<\/b>‘s conviction on two counts of second-degree murder stemming from the Feb. 26, 2012, crash that killed <\/span>Beau Josh Owen Fluker<\/b> and <\/span>Jeffrey Daniel Gilstrap<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Fluker, 26, and Gilstrap, 23, were en route home after working late shifts at a Walmart store when their vehicle was broadsided at the intersection of Avenue J and 20th Street West just before 2:30 a.m. and came to rest atop a fire hydrant.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Tommie
Tommie Lee Cole [Facebook photo]<\/figcaption><\/figure>Cole — who was arrested for DUI in 2009 and attended an alcohol program for six months — had signed an acknowledgement that outlined the dangers of drinking and driving, including the possibility that he could be charged with murder if he killed someone while driving under the influence of alcohol.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Defendant’s prior drunk driving offense, his blood-alcohol level and decision to drive while intoxicated, and his highly dangerous acts of speeding and attempting to ‘beat’ a yellow light are substantial evidence to support the jury’s conclusion that the subjective standard for implied malice was satisfied,” the appellate court panel noted in its Jan. 7 ruling.<\/span><\/p>\n

Along with second-degree murder, Cole was convicted in February 2014 of two counts each of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and one count each of driving under the influence and driving with a 0.08 percent blood alcohol content.<\/span><\/p>\n

Previous related story:<\/span><\/p>\n

Murder conviction upheld in Lancaster crash that killed 2<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Cole gets 30 years to life in DUI double death<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Tommie Cole convicted in DUI double murder<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

DUI double murder trial begins<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

Man ordered to trial in DUI double murder case<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

Hundreds say goodbye to Beau and Jeff<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

Man charged with murder in fatal DUI crash, bail set at $2 million<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

Family, coworkers remember men lost in alleged DUI crash<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

Alleged DUI driver kills two in Lancaster<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

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LOS ANGELES – The California Supreme Court refused Wednesday to review the case against a man sentenced to 30 years to life behind bars for a drunken driving crash in Lancaster that killed two young men on their way home from work. In January, a three-justice panel from California’s 2nd District Court of Appeal rejected […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":49267,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[719],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70915"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70915\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}