James Vega, 28, killed Jarin Purvis in 2020, but prosecutors went from charging Vega with murder to involuntary manslaughter, at which point he immediately pleaded guilty.
OAKLAND — A Castro Valley man was freed from jail after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter, the same day prosecutors moved to downgrade his charge from murder, court records show.
Vega entered a guilty plea on June 23, just seconds after prosecutors moved to re-file the case, and was released from jail by the end of the court’s hearing. On Sept. 18, he was formally sentenced to the maximum term of four years and eight months — a sentence that, with good behavior credits, Vega had already served in county jail. He remains out of jail.
At the change-of-plea hearing, Deputy District Attorney Edward Vieira-Ducey said the decision to re-file the case was made under “vociferous opposition.” A member of Purvis’ family, who attended the hearing, said “we’d like to say on the record, the family does not agree with the charges from the DA’s office.”
“His behavior was inexcusably negligent but this was an accident,” Price said. “While we deeply empathize with Mr. Purvis’ family and friends, James Joseph Vega should not, potentially, spend decades of his life behind bars for a tragic mistake.”Miss Manners: I tried to take the edge off her short-notice cancellation, and she blew up at meOakland man allegedly made $20 fentanyl deal in San Francisco.
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