SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A Greene County judge has sentenced Marjorie Dewitt from Ozark to 30 days in jail on Tuesday, July 22, in the 2021 crash that killed 21-year-old Mercedes Luna following an Alford plea agreement.
Dewitt entered an Alford Plea for first-degree involuntary manslaughter and leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death. In an Alford Plea, the defendant does not admit guilt but concedes that there is enough evidence to support a likely conviction.
Her case was set to go to a jury trial on Monday, July 21, before an Alford plea agreement was reached last week…