People v. Williams

Opinion

SCOTLAND, P. J.

Late at night, while driving a car that was stolen in a carjacking, defendant Brandon Charles Williams attempted to elude a peace officer who was following him. When defendant ran a stop light, the officer activated the patrol car’s red lights and siren, and pursued him onto a freeway. Defendant turned off the lights of the stolen car and drove it at over 120 miles per hour in the dark, weaving in and out of traffic. On an offramp, he lost control of the car, which rolled over and came to rest in a field. The car caught fire and Venus Foster, a passenger trapped in the…