People v. Lamb

Opinion

HULL, J.

After taking pain medication and drinking enough beer and tequila to register a 0.22 percent blood-alcohol content, defendant Timothy Lamb drove his truck down a two-lane road at speeds nearly twice the posted speed limit. He lost control of his vehicle, crossed the center line, hit one car and injured its driver, then hit a second car and killed its driver.

A jury acquitted defendant of murder (Pen. Code, § 187, subd. (a)—count 1; unspecified statutory references that follow are to the Penal Code) and found untrue allegations that the driver of the first car suffered great…