People v. Avila

Opinion by

Judge ROY.

Defendant, Anthony E. Avila, appeals the judgment of conviction entered on a jury verdict finding him guilty of vehicular eluding resulting in the death of another person and vehicular homicide. We affirm.

On August 31, 1994, a high-speed chase of a stolen vehicle by a police car ended when the stolen vehicle veered out of control, struck a number of objects, became airborne, flipped over, and came to rest upside down. Defendant was found pinned beneath the passenger side of the vehicle. The other occupant of the vehicle, who died in the crash, was found behind the driver’s…