People v. Linares

Opinion

VARTABEDIAN, Acting P. J.

Defendant Eduardo Villanueva Linares rammed his car into the victim, causing severe damage to the victim’s leg that led to amputation of the leg. He pleaded no contest to one count of attempted murder (Pen. Code, §§ 664, 187) with a great bodily injury enhancement. Vehicle Code section 13351.5 1 requires the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to permanently revoke the driver’s license of one convicted of a felony violation of Penal Code section 245 (assault with a deadly weapon) when a vehicle is found by the court to constitute the deadly weapon used to commit…