DAWSONVILLE - The Dawson County man convicted earlier
this year in the vehicular homicide death of a Gainesville woman has now been
sentenced in the case.
The accident happened on June 25, 2010 on Georgia 400. Authorities say Jenna
Annette Fitzgerald, 24, fell from a Jeep onto the highway and was struck and
killed by another vehicle.
The man driving the Jeep, Colon Loius Hartzler, 45, of Dawsonville, was given a
10-year prison sentence on May 18. Northeastern Judicial Circuit District
Attorney Lee Darragh said Hartzler will spend four years in prison and serve
the remainder of the sentence on probation on the vehicular homicide
conviction.
"He was also convicted of the offense of DUI, which was related to it [the
accident], and that count merged into the homicide by vehicle count," said
Darragh.
Darragh said Hartzler also was fined $3,000, and he was ordered to perform 240
hours in community service time.
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- Kunes Law Office
- Tifton, Georgia, United States
- Joe Kunes is a Personal Injury and Criminal DUI/DWI defense Attorney in Tifton, Georgia. He has been practicing law in Tifton and the surrounding counties since 1972. He is a graduate of Tift County Schools, the University of Georgia, 1969, B.A., and University of Georgia Law School J.D., 1972. In 40 years of practice in Tifton he has handled all areas of the law, but now restricts his practice to criminal defense and personal injury work. The majority of his criminal practice relates to the defense of drinking drivers, not only in Tifton, but all over South Georgia. His personal injury practice includes representing plaintiffs injured in automobile accidents and medical malpractice cases in Tifton and surrounding counties. He is a member of Georgia Trial Lawyers Association (Vice President in 2000), American Trial Lawyers Association (sustaining member), National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys, Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys, the National College for DUI Defense (NCDD), and the Georgia Defense of DUI Drivers (D.O.D.D.).
