PHOENIX – On
August 20, 2018, Christopher Cortines, 26, of Santa Fe, N.M. and a member of
the San Idelfonso Pueblo Tribe, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge John J.
Tuchi to 40 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised
release. Cortines had previously pleaded
guilty to one count of involuntary manslaughter.
Cortines, who was
driving his vehicle within the confines of the Navajo Nation near Dennehotso,
Ariz., with a BAC level of between .118 and .151, caused his vehicle to crash,
killing his sole passenger, his friend and a member of the Navajo Nation.
The investigation
in this case was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Navajo
Nation Department of Law Enforcement, and the Arizona Department of Public
Safety. The prosecution was handled by
Sharon K. Sexton, Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of Arizona.
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