COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) – The office of South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson commented Friday on the year-long prison sentence for a man convicted of killing a University of South Carolina student earlier this year.
In a statement provided to WIS, a spokesperson for Wilson’s office said Rosali Fernandez-Cruz’s sentence was “decided by a judge” after he pleaded guilty to hit-and-run resulting in death on Aug. 11.
Wilson’s office, which took over prosecuting the case after Fernandez-Cruz’s arrest, also clarified that there was no plea deal.
The charge was linked to an April crash that killed 21-year-old Nate Baker at the intersection of Blossom and Assembly streets in Columbia. Fernandez-Cruz was driving a truck that hit Baker while the latter was on his motorcycle…