Christine Dahab Pleads No Contest in Culver City Cycling Crash

On June 19, 2011 then 27-year-old Christine Dahab was arrested and charged with two felony DUI counts after allegedly driving her car into a group of 50 late night cyclists near the Los Angeles-Culver City border. Thirteen of the cyclists were injured in the crash.

The crash in the 5900 block of West Jefferson Pl. was reported at 1:49 a.m. in front of the Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook.

Since that time Dahab’s court dates have been continuously postponed. However, on April 2 Dahab pleaded no contest to the felony DUI’s in a Los Angeles court, reports bikinginla and she will surrender to a state prison on April 22.

 According to  BikinginLA, DJ Wheels reported the following:

On Tuesday, April 2, 2013, Christine Dahab entered a plea of no contest to all counts. She has pled “open to the court,” meaning she didn’t bargain for a lesser sentence but rather will ask for leniency from the Judge directly based on a diagnostic evaluation to be completed by the Dept. of Corrections while she is in custody.

She will surrender directly at a CA State prison on April 22, 2013.

She will remain in custody for the 90-day evaluation period; a report will be prepared by the Dept. of Corrections and sent to the Judge in Dept. D with its recommendations for sentencing.

April 22 is also on calendar as a probation/sentencing hearing, but they will probably just select a future date for the sentencing hearing, which would have to be beyond the 90-day diagnostic period.

Victims will be notified of the actual sentencing date so that they can give their victim impact statements in court to the Judge to take into consideration when making his sentencing order.

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