GAINESVILLE - Sentencing is set for 10:00 Friday morning for an Oakwood man convicted Thursday of DUI and vehicular homicide.
Jeffery Brown, 43, was convicted by a Hall County Superior Court jury on nine counts; "not guilty" verdicts were returned on 10 other charges.
The jury returned its verdicts about 9:45 Thursday morning after deliberating all of Wednesday and about an hour Thursday morning.
Brown's car crashed head-on into a car occupied by a Dawsonville couple - 63-year-old Samuel Helton and 66-year-old Idelle Helton - on Atlanta Highway nearly two years ago, killing the Heltons.
He had swerved across the centerline in order to avoid a car that had stopped in front of him to make a left turn.
The accident happened December 23 at Atlanta Highway and Osburn Drive.
Monday
December 23rd, 2024
6:46AM
