Woman's 25-Year Sentence Upheld for Being Get-Away Driver in Two Killings
By City News Service Mar 17, 2021 LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A state appellate court panel today rejected a woman's challenge to her 25-year prison sentence for being the getaway driver in the robbery-motivated murder of an MTV music coordinator and the killing of another man just over a week apart in Los Angeles. The three-justice panel from California's 2nd District Court of Appeal agreed with the trial court's finding that Destiny Young -- who pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter -- is not eligible for re-sentencing under a recent change in state law that applies to defendants convicted ...