Lamb

After taking pain medication and drinking enough beer and tequila to register a 0.22 percent blood-alcohol content, defendant Timothy Lamb drove his truck down a two-lane road at speeds nearly twice the posted speed limit. He lost control of his vehicle, crossed the center line, hit one car and injured its driver, then hit a second car and killed its driver.

A jury acquitted defendant of murder (Pen. Code, § 187, subd. (a)—count 1; unspecified statutory references that follow are to the Penal Code) and found untrue allegations that the driver of the first car suffered great bodily injury (§ 12022.7, subd. (a)). However, the jury convicted defendant of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated (§ 191.5, subd. (a)—count 2), driving under the influence (DUI) causing injury (Veh. Code, § 23153, subd. (a)—count 3), and causing injury by driving with a blood alcohol level of more than 0.08 percent (§ 23153, subd. (b)—count 4). The jury also found true various charged enhancements, including that defendant personally inflicted death on one person (§ 12022.7, subd. (a)), injured more than one victim (Veh. Code, § 23558), and had a blood alcohol level of at least 0.20…