The sentence is eight years in prison for a 17-year-old who pled guilty to hitting and killing a Clarke County woman as she walked along a road with her 3-year-old son last June.At Thursday's sentencing, prosecutors reported that Abel Gonzalez-Perez will be held in a youth detention facility until he turns 17 in September, then will be sent to an adult prison.
According to prosecutors, the teen is a native of Mexico who was working illegally in the U.S. at the time of the accident. He earlier pled guilty to first-degree vehicular homicide, DUI and hit-and-run in the death of 19-year-old Nayasheika "Keisha" Cooper of Athens.
Gonzalez-Perez will also be required to serve seven years of probation after he is released from prison.
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