A GILROY MAN WAS FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER LAST WEEK AFTER A CAR CRASH RESULTING FROM DRUNK DRIVING KILLED A 6-YEAR-OLD BOY IN 2009. 40-YEAR-OLD GARY WESTOVER HAS BEEN IN CUSTODY SINCE THE INCIDENT, AND INITIALLY AVOIDED THE MURDER CONVICTION 2 YEARS AGO WHEN A JURY BECAME DEADLOCKED. AFTER CONSIDERATION OF WESTOVER’S FOUR PREVIOUS D-U-I OFFENSES, THE CASE WAS REOPENED. HE COULD NOW FACE 22 YEARS IN PRISON. A SENTENCING DATE WILL BE SET FOR WESTOVER AT HIS NEXT COURT APPEARANCE ON JUNE 29TH.
