Cady

I.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

On the evening of January 10, 2014, Cady and his friends Dustin Barr, Jeff

Becker, Taylor Bednarski, Shon Gilliam and Trevor Rodgers drove in Cady's Cadillac

Escalade for a night of drinking in local bars in San Diego. After leaving the second bar

at around 11:00 p.m., the group got back into the Escalade, and Cady drove onto

Interstate 805 toward the transition ramp to State Route 52, with the goal of returning

back to Bednarski and Rodgers's house.

As Cady approached the transition to State Route 52 he was traveling at a high

rate of speed, and several of his passengers told him to slow down. Cady replied with a

statement such as, "I'll drive this fucking car however the fuck I want," and then

accelerated further. One witness also remembered Cady laughing like somebody who

"lost their mind" as he accelerated. Shortly after accelerating, Cady lost traction on his

3 vehicle as he went around a curve, causing the Escalade to roll at least five times, travel

up an embankment and then slide back onto the freeway. Another vehicle then impacted

the Escalade, causing the Escalade to spin to its final position. During the…