BAKERSFIELD, CA -- A Bakersfield woman convicted of hitting and killing another woman on a motorcycle turned down supervised probation Monday and instead accepted more jail time.
Prosecutors said Anna Marie Reynosa, 22, was texting and speeding and on her way to purchase illegal drugs when she ran a stop sign, killing Charla Wilkins in 2012.
Under the three year probation term handed by Judge John Lua last week, Reynosa was to have no alcohol or drugs, prosecutor Esther Schlaerth said. Reynosa also was to serve 400 hours of community service.
Instead, Reynosa successfully petitioned Judge Lua Monday to adjust her sentence to a full year in jail with no probation or community service.
"The defendant has the right in any criminal case has a right to refuse probation in a case where the terms of probation would be more onerous than the sentence itself," said Deputy Public Defender Tim Blenner.
Blenner was sitting in for Reynosa's regular Deputy Public Defender Ernest Hinman who was on vacation and unable to attend Monday's hearing. Blenner said he could not specify which part of the probation terms Reynosa considered onerous.
"I really can't speculate why they rejected the terms they rejected, said Deputy District Attorney Esther Schlaerth. "I can say for the most part, people want the terms of probation, but this I really haven't seen before."
While the jury found evidence Reynosa ran the stop sign, they did not find enough evidence that she was texting or speeding. She was convicted of vehicular manslaughter.
Prosecutors said Anna Marie Reynosa, 22, was texting and speeding and on her way to purchase illegal drugs when she ran a stop sign, killing Charla Wilkins in 2012.
Under the three year probation term handed by Judge John Lua last week, Reynosa was to have no alcohol or drugs, prosecutor Esther Schlaerth said. Reynosa also was to serve 400 hours of community service.
Instead, Reynosa successfully petitioned Judge Lua Monday to adjust her sentence to a full year in jail with no probation or community service.
"The defendant has the right in any criminal case has a right to refuse probation in a case where the terms of probation would be more onerous than the sentence itself," said Deputy Public Defender Tim Blenner.
Blenner was sitting in for Reynosa's regular Deputy Public Defender Ernest Hinman who was on vacation and unable to attend Monday's hearing. Blenner said he could not specify which part of the probation terms Reynosa considered onerous.
"I really can't speculate why they rejected the terms they rejected, said Deputy District Attorney Esther Schlaerth. "I can say for the most part, people want the terms of probation, but this I really haven't seen before."
While the jury found evidence Reynosa ran the stop sign, they did not find enough evidence that she was texting or speeding. She was convicted of vehicular manslaughter.