Orange County District Attorney Press Release
For Immediate Release, Case # 11HF1409: October 7, 2013
*The victim would have turned 17 years old today
WESTMINSTER – A drunken driver was convicted today of murdering a teenager and injuring four others in a Memorial Day weekend crash. The victim would have turned 17 years old today. Austin Jeffrey Farley, 28, Irvine, was found guilty by a jury of one felony count each of second degree murder and driving under the influence of alcohol causing injury with a sentencing enhancement for personally inflicting and causing great bodily injury and driving with blood alcohol .08 percent or more causing bodily injury. He faces a maximum sentence of 21 years to life in state prison at his sentencing, Nov. 15, 2013, in Department 123, Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center, Los Angeles. The time is to be determined. Continue reading