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A California woman who pleaded guilty to driving under the influence of drugs when she killed a 23-year-old pregnant woman in 2020 has been sentenced to 15 years to life in jail.
Courtney Pandolfi, now 44, pleaded guilty back on February 6 to second-degree murder in addition to a felony count of driving under the influence of a drug causing injury just as the case was headed for trial.
She also pled guilty to misdemeanor counts of driving on a suspended or revoked license due to a DUI, driving under the influence of a drug and possession of drug paraphernalia, along with other drug charges.
Pandolfi was sentenced to 15 to life Friday, four years after the Jeep she was driving plowed into the 35 weeks pregnant Yesenia Lisette Aguilar, then 23, on an Anaheim sidewalk.
Aguilar's baby was delivered by an emergency C-section after she died from her injuries at a local hospital and the little girl, named Adalyn Rose, is being raised by her father and Aguilar's husband, James Alvarez.
Courtney Pandolfi, a California woman who pleaded guilty to driving under the influence of drugs when she killed a 23-year-old pregnant woman in 2020 has been sentenced to 15 years to life in jail
Pandolfi was sentenced to 15 to life Friday, four years after the Jeep she was driving plowed into the 35 weeks pregnant Yesenia Lisette Aguilar (pictured), then 23, on an Anaheim sidewalk
Aguilar's baby was delivered by an emergency C-section after she died from her injuries at a local hospital and the little girl, named Adalyn Rose (pictured right), is being raised by her father and Aguilar's husband, James Alvarez (pictured left)
'Even though 15 years to life isn't enough, I can finally breathe after fighting for so long to get the justice that we deserve,' Alvarez said in an Instagram post. 'My fight ain't over and will continue to fight to make sure she never gets out.'
Prosecutors said Pandolfi was on a 'drug cocktail' that included cocaine and methamphetamine in August 2020 when she drove her Jeep SUV onto a sidewalk in Anaheim. striking Aguilar.
Alvarez was walking with her but was not injured.
Pandolfi, of Garden Grove, was convicted of driving under the influence of drugs in 2008, 2015 and 2016.
As a result, she received a warning - known as a Watson advisement - that if she continued to drive under the influence and killed someone she could be charged with murder.
Along with pleading guilty to the crash that
