CHARLOTTE — A man has been sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to felony hit-and-run causing death and driving while impaired.
A judge handed down consecutive prison sentences for the two charges following the guilty plea.
For the felony hit-and-run conviction, Luis Miranda-Vilchis, 36, admitted to an aggravating factor of knowingly creating a great risk of death to more than one person.
He was sentenced to serve 18 to 31 months in prison for that charge.
For the driving while impaired charge, Miranda-Vilchis admitted a grossly aggravating factor because his impaired driving caused serious injury to another person.
He also admitted two additional aggravating factors for especially reckless or dangerous driving and negligent driving that led to a reportable accident.
He received a consecutive 12-month prison sentence for the impaired driving offense.
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