Press Release: People v. Martinez, Julian Manuel, 9/14/10

September 14, 2010
Bradford R. Fenocchio

District Attorney

PLACER COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY

10810 Justice Center Drive, Suite 240
Roseville, California 95678


PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
Date: September 14, 2010


Contact:

Art Campos

Public Information Officer

916-543-8076

Scott Owens

Assistant District Attorney

916-543-8000


MAN WHO CAUSED TWO DEATHS IN DUI CASE PLEADS NO CONTEST TO MANSLAUGHTER

A 41-year-old Roseville man has entered pleas of no contest to felony manslaughter charges in a drunken-driving case that resulted in two deaths.

Julian Manuel Martinez made the pleas Monday in Placer County Superior Court to two counts of vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated without gross negligence. He also pled no contest to a third felony charge - driving under the influence of alcohol causing injury.

Martinez was arrested by the California Highway Patrol on November 1, 2009, after his vehicle drifted into oncoming traffic shortly after 1 a.m. on Baseline Road west of Fiddyment Road near Roseville and collided head-on with a vehicle driven by Manuel Espinoza, 65, of Sacramento.

Espinoza was killed. His son, David Espinoza, 27, was seriously injured and died on January 26, 2010. Manuel Espinoza’s wife, Enedina, 62, was injured but survived the crash.

Judge Colleen Nichols, who accepted the defendant’s plea, scheduled sentencing for October 27.