Looks like he just got off probation. Ironically he might still be alive if he had gotten the prison time the prosecution was asking for and that he deserved. He would have to endure anal violations, but he might have liked that part of prison life.
MENIFEE: Drunken driver given treatment, probation in 2011 fatal crash
By By JOHN HUNNEMAN 4:30 p.m.July 30, 2012
A Menifee man who pleaded guilty in June to driving drunk in a crash that killed a Hemet woman was sentenced Monday to one year in a treatment program and five years' probation.
Ryan Nicholas Mahan, 20, received his sentence at the Southwest Justice Center after Judge Elaine Johnson heard nearly two hours of statements, often tearful, from family and friends of the victim, Ella Anne Jefferson, 69, and from supporters of the defendant.
Mahan apologized to members of Jefferson's family, including Milford Jefferson, 82, Ella Jefferson's husband of 38 years, and their daughter, Heather Jefferson.
"I hope the Jefferson family can find it in their hearts to forgive me," Mahan said. "I am truly sorry for all the pain and sorrow I have caused everyone."
Mahan faced up to 10 years behind bars, authorities said, for causing the Dec. 26, 2011, crash that claimed the life of the retired schoolteacher.
John Hall, spokesman for the Riverside County District Attorney, said his office was very disappointed with the sentence handed down by Johnson.
"We believe very strongly this is a prison case," Hall said.
He said district attorney's officials had recommended at least a four-year prison sentence for Mahan.
"I know the family of the victim is also very disappointed," Hall said.
The fatal crash occurred about 11:20 a.m. on the day after Christmas on Domenigoni Parkway, west of Leon Road, in Winchester.
According to the California Highway Patrol , Mahan fell asleep while driving his 2003 Saturn Ion west on the road.
Mahan's car jumped the concrete median and slammed head-on into a 2011 Toyota Camry driven by Ella Jefferson, who was pronounced dead at the scene, the CHP said.
Mahan had left his job about 6:30 that morning and gone drinking with co-workers, investigators said.
A witness had seen the Saturn weaving erratically on the road just before the accident, according to court records.
Mahan, who was injured in the crash, was taken to Inland Valley Medical Center where his blood-alcohol level was measured at .13, well above California's legal limit of .08, court records state.
In urging prison time, Deputy District Attorney David Tahan argued that the defendant had been drinking despite being tired from working an overnight shift.
"Initially, he'd denied he'd been drinking," Tahan told Johnson. "Then, he blamed his friends and said they provided the liquor."
Tahan said Mahan, who had no prior criminal record, had admitted drinking and driving on previous occasions.
"He has no record ---- not because he's a good boy," Tahan said. "It's because he'd never been caught."
In sentencing Mahan to treatment and probation, Johnson cited the defendant's remorse about the accident, his youth and lack of a criminal record.
Included in the sentence were 104 hours of community service to be spent teaching students about the dangers of driving after drinking, Johnson said.
"This is an opportunity for the defendant to learn from the mistake he has made ---- and also to prevent others from drinking and driving," she said.
Mahan also was ordered to make financial restitution to the Jefferson family.
Johnson pronounced a similar sentence in June in the case of a 20-year-old Murrieta woman who crashed her car while driving drunk, killing a passenger.
In January, Ashly Nicole Rodriguez drove her car off Borel Road in Wine Country and it rolled over several times. Aaron Ellison, 19, of Murrieta, died in the single-car accident.
Like Mahan, Rodriguez was sentenced to one year in the county's Residential Substance Abuse Treatment program and five years' probation.
Prior to Monday's sentencing, Milford Jefferson spoke for about 45 minutes about his late wife. The two met while both were teachers, he said.
"We fit together kind of like a jigsaw puzzle," Jefferson said. "We had a very perfect life."
Friends and Mahan's mother described him as a hardworking young man who was raised by his single mother and had plans for a career in law enforcement.
"My son is a good kid," Angelica Mahan said. "Prison is too harsh a punishment for a young man with no past criminal history. Please have mercy on my son."
After announcing her sentence, Johnson told Ryan Mahan that he would be subject to frequent drug testing while on probation.
"If you violate probation, you will be sentenced to six years in prison, not a day less," Johnson said.
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