Motorist Gets Prison in Dragging Death of Girl
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From Times Staff Reports
A Los Angeles man who was under the influence of drugs when he drove his car last February into a 4-year-old girl, dragging her 30 feet to her death, was sentenced Thursday to 17 years in prison for vehicular manslaughter.
Houstis Maddox, 33, confessed last month to speeding down a South-Central Los Angeles alley with his headlights off, killing Hannah Stallings, and then leaving the scene.
Blood tests revealed the presence of marijuana and a central nervous system depressant.
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