near Clybourn Avenue and Larrabee Street. San Hamel, of suburban Park Ridge, was out celebrating a Cubs win May 29, 2013, when he fatally struck Cann with his Mercedes Benz about 6:35 p.m. 'This is not one of those cases,' the judge said. 'If I have somebody that gets it and is remorseful - and even though there's a cry for retribution - I have to weigh what Ryne San Hamel needs,' the judge said, noting that some cases merit lengthy prison sentences if defendants are a danger to society. In addition to probation, San Hamel must pay Cann's funeral expenses, pegged at $25,000.īefore announcing the sentence, Hooks said he took San Hamel's remorse into account. On Twitter: Postmedia Network Inc.He pleaded guilty to reckless homicide and aggravated DUI causing death. Johnson can change or erase any of the tragedies.” “Nothing in the act of imposing a sentence upon Mr. Johnson, through an entirely avoidable, thoughtless decision, apparently not in keeping with his usual conduct, has irrevocably altered and scarred his life,” he said. “Most obviously, the family and friends of Mr. “This case before me is awash with tragedy,” he said. The legal limit is 80 mg.įradsham noted that the sentence he imposed on Johnson wasn’t meant to reflect the value of the victim’s life. Johnson later provided breath samples that indicated a blood alcohol level of at least 130 mg of alcohol per 100 ml of blood.

Perez and his bicycle were pinned against a guard rail before he was pushed up and over the structure, suffering fatal injuries to his head and torso. when he veered across the westbound lanes and struck a bicycle being driven by Calgarian Jose Perez. Johnson, then 25, was driving eastbound on McKenzie Meadows Drive S.E.

8, 2020 collision just outside the parking lot of McKenzie Meadows Golf Club.

Johnson had earlier pleaded guilty to a charge of impaired driving causing death in connection with an Aug. The prosecutors sought a sentence in the four-year range. Provincial court Judge Allan Fradsham on Monday rejected calls by the defence for a much more lenient sentence for Joseph Jared Johnson saying it would not deter other potential drunk drivers.ĭefence counsel Katherin Beyak had suggested a significantly lower sentence for Johnson, suggesting a fine or intermittent sentence of less than 90 days was warranted.īut Fradsham agreed with Crown prosecutors Robert Marquette and Kenna Morris that a penitentiary term was warranted.

Striking and killing a cyclist as he was leaving a southeast Calgary golf course has landed a drunk driver a three years and three months prison term.

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