Posted at 12:52 p.m., Monday, July 3, 2006
Man gets 10 years for driving drunk, killing pedestrian
By KEN KOBAYASHI
Advertiser Courts Writer
The lawyer for Dewayne Asuega asked Circuit Judge Virginia Crandall to place him on probation and sentence him to a year in jail for the death of Marcus Chong, 36, but Crandall noted Asuega had a 1999 conviction for drunken driving.
Crandall granted the prosecution's request for her only other option, the maximum 10-year sentence.
Asuega's blood alcohol content after he hit Chong was .14, which is above the .08 legal limit for drunken driving.
The Hawai'i Paroling Authority will later set the minimum term Asuega must serve before he is eligible for release on parole.
