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Malik sentenced for deputy's death
Fatal accident occurred in 2008
Updated: Friday, 17 Jun 2011, 6:22 AM EDT
Published : Thursday, 16 Jun 2011, 10:25 AM EDT
HASTINGS, Mich. (WOOD) - Justin Malik will spend five to 15 years in prison for causing a crash that resulted in the death of a Barry County sheriff's deputy.
He was sentenced Thursday morning. Earlier this month a jury found Malik guilty of operating while impaired causing death and driving with a suspended license causing death, but not guilty of negligent homicide in the fatal crash that killed Christopher Yonkers.
Both counts will be served concurrently.
The convictions are from a crash on Oct. 17, 2008 when Yonkers' motorcycle collided with Malik's car on M-43 in Carlton Township.
Malik admitted to using marijuana earlier that day.
Throughout the case, prosecutor Tom Evans maintained the tests that showed Malik had THC in his blood proved he was impaired -- a fact Malik's attorney tried to refute.
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