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Whitmill, Flores trial to proceed

More than a year after allegedly causing a car crash that killed a 9-year-old girl, Jason Bradley Whitmill and Anthony Marques Flores are scheduled to stand trial later this month.
Humboldt County Superior Court Judge Bruce Watson confirmed Monday that Flores' and Whitmill's trial is slated to start Nov. 23, after attorneys for both men said they were ready to proceed.
Prosecutors allege that Whitmill, 31, and Flores, 19, were engaged in an illegal street race on State Route 299 on Oct. 6, 2008, when the car Whitmill was driving clipped an uninvolved Chevrolet Tahoe, sending it spinning off the road and into a power pole.
The driver of the Tahoe, Debra Quigley, was seriously injured and her daughter, 9-year-old Nicole, was killed.
Whitmill has pleaded not guilty to charges of second-degree murder, vehicular manslaughter, driving under the influence causing injury and engaging in a speed challenge. Flores has pleaded not guilty to charges of vehicular manslaughter, engaging in a speed challenge and participating in a hit-and-run accident that caused injury.

The Times-Standard
Posted: 11/10/2009 01:15:25 AM PST
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Note: There were other articles in the Eureka reporter, but none are available online anymore.