HILL PLEADS NO CONTEST vs

A SANTA CRUZ MAN PLEADED NO CONTEST TUESDAY TO CHARGES OF GROSS VEHICULAR MANSLAUGHTER. WILLIAM "BILLY" HILL WAS ACCUSED OF USING HIS SPORT UTILITY VEHICLE TO RUN OVER (AND KILL) A PALO ALTO MAN LAST YEAR. THE 21-YEAR-OLD VICTIM (CHAD SNOW), WAS ATTENDING A PARTY IN PALO ALTO WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. 22-YEAR-OLD HILL WAS ALSO CHARGED WITH BEING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL AND COCAINE. HILL RETURNS TO COURT JANUARY 7TH AT WHICH TIME HE IS EXPECTED TO BE SENTENCED TO 4 YEARS IN STATE PRISON.