DerailAmnesty.com
12-10-2010, 05:25 AM
Last week, Cesar Acosta-Castillo, 32, was sentenced to 12 years in prison, after pleading guilty to vehicular homicide in the death of 42-year-old Leah Miller.
Denver District Court Judge McGahey called the Mexican national a "time bomb," before giving him the maximum sentence allowed under the law.
On Sept. 9, 2009, Acosta-Castillo slammed his truck into a car near Monaco Parkway and 22nd Avenue, but kept driving. He then crashed into another vehicle, driven by Leah Miller who died on the scene.
According to prosecutors, his blood alcohol level was .18, more than twice the legal limit.
In 2001, Acosta-Castillo was deported back to Mexico, but admits that he crossed back into this country the following year.
The illegal alien has a history of drunk driving and was sentenced to two years probation for a DUI in 2000. He was also arrested in 1999 for driving under the influence in Garfield County but pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of driving while ability impaired.
He has also been arrested for criminal impersonation, providing false information, driving without a license and theft, according to Garfield County court records.
Leah Miller worked as a legal secretary at the Denver law firm of Holme, Roberts and Owen, and volunteered with the Meals on Wheels program.
Miller left behind a teenage son, Sheldon who spoke at Acosta-Castillo’s sentencing, telling the judge: “She will never see my graduation... She will never see me have a family.”
Denver District Court Judge McGahey called the Mexican national a "time bomb," before giving him the maximum sentence allowed under the law.
On Sept. 9, 2009, Acosta-Castillo slammed his truck into a car near Monaco Parkway and 22nd Avenue, but kept driving. He then crashed into another vehicle, driven by Leah Miller who died on the scene.
According to prosecutors, his blood alcohol level was .18, more than twice the legal limit.
In 2001, Acosta-Castillo was deported back to Mexico, but admits that he crossed back into this country the following year.
The illegal alien has a history of drunk driving and was sentenced to two years probation for a DUI in 2000. He was also arrested in 1999 for driving under the influence in Garfield County but pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of driving while ability impaired.
He has also been arrested for criminal impersonation, providing false information, driving without a license and theft, according to Garfield County court records.
Leah Miller worked as a legal secretary at the Denver law firm of Holme, Roberts and Owen, and volunteered with the Meals on Wheels program.
Miller left behind a teenage son, Sheldon who spoke at Acosta-Castillo’s sentencing, telling the judge: “She will never see my graduation... She will never see me have a family.”