Originally Posted by FBinNY

Thanks for the link. I was aware that there was no DWI in this case, so it was simply about a hit and run with a fatality. Under the circumstances I would have considered the sentence reasonable for a 1st offense (unlike many here on BF). But this was a 2nd offense in 5 years, both involving a fatality, which should have changed things considerably. That plus the other information in the pre-sentencing report would have called for something much closer to the max.