PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities say an illegal immigrant previously convicted of DUI and other offenses has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for a fatal car crash that killed a Phoenix woman last October.
Maricopa County prosecutors say 36-year-old Jose Luis Mendoza-Cardenas pleaded guilty to manslaughter in June.
Police say Mendoza-Cardenas had a blood-alcohol level of .182 — well above the 0.08 percent legal limit to operate a vehicle in Arizona — when his car was involved in the Oct. 5, 2008, collision that killed 50-year-old Patricia Robledo and seriously injured her teenage son.
Prosecutors say Mendoza-Cardenas was convicted of DUI in 2002, convicted of driving with a suspended license in 2000 and 2002 and also convicted of criminal impersonation in 2005 and deported.
Authorities say he illegally re-entered the U.S. in violation of his probation.
