Tulare County Court Sentences Wrong-Way DUI Driver to Minimum Sentence for Fatal Crash

Wrong Way Drunk Driver Gets Minimum Sentence

Tulare Co. (KMJ)  Saul Saldana Armenta could have spent the next decade of his life in prison for a deadly DUI crash on Highway 99. But, a Tulare County court on Thursday sentenced the 22 year old to four years in state prison following his felony conviction in February – the minimum sentence allowable by law. At the sentencing hearing, prosecutors argued that only the midterm (6 years) and maximum sentences (10 years) be considered by the court…

Tulare County Court Sentences Wrong-Way DUI Driver to Minimum Sentence for Fatal Crash

A 22-year-old man was sentenced on Thursday to four years in state prison for a wrong-way, drunken driving crash that killed a 21-year-old electrician on Highway 99, the Tulare County District Attorney’s Office said in a statement. Saul Saldana Armenta received the minimum sentence for gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated during a hearing in Tulare County Superior Court. The fatal head-on collision occurred around 3:11 a.m. on April 24…