Nineteen Year Old San Diegan Gets Seven Years

Another example of the consequences of drinking and driving has hit San Diego once again…A nineteen-year-old by the name of Daniel Scott Hall pleaded guilty not too long ago to gross vehicular manslaughter in a hit-and-run incident that led to the death of Christopher McCallister.  Hall was intoxicated and was reported as having a blood alcohol level of .23 percent on the night he struck McCallister last June in Pacific Beach.

Christopher McCallister was in his last year of law school and was considered a “model” student – an athlete and student body president.  He even established a charity for children infected with AIDS.

Hall is being sentenced to seven years in prison – which is long enough time for Hall to really think about what he did.  His lawyer’s request to have a 90-day evaluation to see if jail is the appropriate sentence was unsuccessful.  The lawyer is reported as saying, “His remorse is extreme and absolute.”

Of course Hall won’t forget this incident.  It could possibly haunt him for the rest of his life.  However, I believe that he needs to be secluded from society so that he has time to really think about what he did.

What are your thoughts?

If you find yourself in this type of situation, be sure to hire a professional and experienced San Diego DUI lawyer.