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Truckee man gets 25 to life for DUI under three-strikes law
By Bill Lindelof
blindelof@sacbee.com
A Truckee man with a long criminal history, including manslaughter, has been sent to prison under the state's "three-strikes" law.
Douglas Harold Doyle (left), 51, whose past crimes including an alcohol-related vehicular manslaughter conviction in which a Tahoe City schoolteacher was killed, was sent to prison for 25 years to life, according to a news release from the Placer County District Attorney's Office.
He pleaded guilty to a charge of drunk driving and was sentenced Feb. 2 by Placer County Superior Court Judge Colleen Nichols.
Placer County judges rejected Doyle's attempt to remove one or both of his previous felony strikes. Prosecutor Christopher Cattran cited Doyle's five felony convictions, four misdemeanor convictions and four prior state prison sentences, the release states.
Cattran noted that Doyle had been released on parole from prison just four months before he was stopped Aug. 17, 2008 for driving erratically on Highway 89 near Alpine Meadows Road. His blood alcohol level measured 0.13, according to Cattran.
Julie Fenley, the Tahoe City schoolteacher, was killed by Doyle in the 1987 on Highway 89. Her daughter, Kathleen Fenley, spoke at a pretrial hearing last year.
"My fear is that he will continue to drink and drive, continue to have a disrespect for the law and continue to commit crimes," she told the court.
Judge Larry Gaddis denied the motion to remove either of the two prior strikes at the August hearing. Doyle in December entered a guilty plea to his most recent DUI arrest, according to the release.
While he wasn't actually sent to prison FOR DUI, he WAS sent to prison BECAUSE of DUI.
Hell, I've advocated prison for DUI for years. This guy already killed one teacher while driving under the influence...he should have never been released. He has a lengthy police record.
Truckee man gets 25 to life for DUI under three-strikes law
By Bill Lindelof
blindelof@sacbee.com
A Truckee man with a long criminal history, including manslaughter, has been sent to prison under the state's "three-strikes" law.
Douglas Harold Doyle (left), 51, whose past crimes including an alcohol-related vehicular manslaughter conviction in which a Tahoe City schoolteacher was killed, was sent to prison for 25 years to life, according to a news release from the Placer County District Attorney's Office.
He pleaded guilty to a charge of drunk driving and was sentenced Feb. 2 by Placer County Superior Court Judge Colleen Nichols.
Placer County judges rejected Doyle's attempt to remove one or both of his previous felony strikes. Prosecutor Christopher Cattran cited Doyle's five felony convictions, four misdemeanor convictions and four prior state prison sentences, the release states.
Cattran noted that Doyle had been released on parole from prison just four months before he was stopped Aug. 17, 2008 for driving erratically on Highway 89 near Alpine Meadows Road. His blood alcohol level measured 0.13, according to Cattran.
Julie Fenley, the Tahoe City schoolteacher, was killed by Doyle in the 1987 on Highway 89. Her daughter, Kathleen Fenley, spoke at a pretrial hearing last year.
"My fear is that he will continue to drink and drive, continue to have a disrespect for the law and continue to commit crimes," she told the court.
Judge Larry Gaddis denied the motion to remove either of the two prior strikes at the August hearing. Doyle in December entered a guilty plea to his most recent DUI arrest, according to the release.
While he wasn't actually sent to prison FOR DUI, he WAS sent to prison BECAUSE of DUI.
Hell, I've advocated prison for DUI for years. This guy already killed one teacher while driving under the influence...he should have never been released. He has a lengthy police record.
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