NORWALK, Calif. – Nicholas Joseph Gutierrez, the man charged with vehicular manslaughter and other counts after allegedly ramming his vehicle into a group of Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department recruits on a training run in November 2022, withdrew from his plea deal Friday.
What we know: — While Gutierrez had pleaded guilty last month, he withdrew that plea after Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Laura Walton indicated she planned to send him to jail for a year as part of his sentence.
Under the original deal, Gutierrez was expected to receive five years of probation and a suspended eight-year state prison term. When the judge added the 365-day jail term, his attorneys said they could not accept that condition. His legal team also stated in court that Gutierrez suffers from a neurological disorder.
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