A judge will decide whether a man accused of street racing in Redwood City that resulted in the death of a San Carlos couple will be tried as an adult begins April 16, San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said.
Cesar Morales was 17 at the time of the crash and is now an adult. He, alongside 23-year-old Kyle Harrison, who did not know each other, are accused of going more than 80 mph while racing on El Camino Real in Redwood City. Morales is accused of T-boning a car at the intersection of El Camino Real and Finger Avenue in Redwood City Nov. 4, 2022, while racing Harrison, resulting in the deaths of Greg Ammen, 44, and Grace Spiridon, 42. Their daughters, who are twins, 7, survived the crash.
Both Morales and Harrison are charged with two counts of second-degree murder, which carries a sentence of 15 years to life in prison.
A preliminary hearing for Harrison has been continued at the request of the defense. Should the judge decide Morales will be tried as a juvenile, he will receive up to seven years in prison if found guilty and the DA’s Office will then need to reevaluate how they would like the Harrison case to resolve in the interest of fairness, Wagstaffe said.
It makes zero sense why one person would do 15-20 years for the same crime and the other do 7 - just because he was a couple months shy of the arbitrary age the government decides we are adults. Him being a few months short of 18 should not preclude him from big boy punishment. He wasn't 13 -14 - or even 15 - which I can understand those in some mitigating circumstances. But not after 16 - you know exactly what you are doing and why you are doing Apparently he was a car enthusiast and suped his car up a bunch. As somebody who owns a MINI Cooper that has over 300 horsepower - anybody who tinkers with cars knows the power and danger they possess. I was already at UCSB at age 17 - I understood than ANYBODY who street raced is a moron endangering the lives of others and has no regard for anybodys safety. My buddy in high school had a Corvette with like 600+ HP - we only took it to the track in Sonoma - never on the streets. Open and shut case - try him as an adult and let the family of those poor children heal and take care of their babies. The quicker this gets dealt with the better.
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It makes zero sense why one person would do 15-20 years for the same crime and the other do 7 - just because he was a couple months shy of the arbitrary age the government decides we are adults. Him being a few months short of 18 should not preclude him from big boy punishment. He wasn't 13 -14 - or even 15 - which I can understand those in some mitigating circumstances. But not after 16 - you know exactly what you are doing and why you are doing Apparently he was a car enthusiast and suped his car up a bunch. As somebody who owns a MINI Cooper that has over 300 horsepower - anybody who tinkers with cars knows the power and danger they possess. I was already at UCSB at age 17 - I understood than ANYBODY who street raced is a moron endangering the lives of others and has no regard for anybodys safety. My buddy in high school had a Corvette with like 600+ HP - we only took it to the track in Sonoma - never on the streets. Open and shut case - try him as an adult and let the family of those poor children heal and take care of their babies. The quicker this gets dealt with the better.
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