Man pleads no contest in girlfriend's overdose death
RANCHO CUCAMONGA -- An Ontario man has pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter in connection with his girlfriend's death in 2007 from a drug overdose.
Andrew Girvan, 34, entered the plea Friday in West Valley Superior Court as part of a plea agreement with prosecutors that carries a 6-year prison sentence. Girvan is scheduled to be sentenced Dec. 9.
Prosecutors accused Girvan of supplying drugs to his girlfriend, 23-year-old Miranda Daly of Corona, and thwarting others' efforts to help her when it was clear she had overdosed and her condition was deteriorating.
During Daly's overdose on cocaine and Ecstasy, Girvan walked around his home with a gun and threatened to kill other guests who suggested they call 9-1-1.
Daly died on Aug. 13, 2007 at Girvan's home in the 2500 block of South Imperial Avenue.
Prosecutors charged Girvan with murder, and fought to keep the charge in place after an early setback.
A West Valley Superior Court judge dismissed the murder charge in 2008, citing insufficient evidence, and the San Bernardino County District Attorney's Office successfully appealed the ruling and had the murder charge reinstated.
At the time, prosecutors insisted Daly's death was a murder, but on Monday a prosecutor said that after looking closely at the evidence, he felt voluntary manslaughter was the correct charge.
"I felt that's what the evidence showed," said Deputy District Attorney Michael Dowd.
Dowd said he didn't believe he could prove that Girvan intended to kill Daly, which he said is necessary for a murder conviction.
"I think he's responsible for her death, but that's different than intending to kill somebody," Dowd said.
Daly's family and other supporters were unhappy with Girvan's plea agreement, and one of her supporters voiced their disapproval during Friday's court hearing, Dowd said.
Because Girvan has already been in custody for several years awaiting trial, he will only spend a little more than a year in custody before he is released, Dowd said.
He is getting off of the aggravated circumstances that in essence would have changed this entire tragedy. He is a Felon with a weapons possession that he used to threatened others who begged, NOT suggested they take her to the hospital, and he USED this gun/ak 47 type gun, to keep her inside his house until SheDied!
THAT alone is a 10 year enhancement. He was still on probation for hurting another woman, in Riverside County. (This also is his 2nd -abuse conviction----assault& battery conviction in SBCO- was the first....How does he get away with all these criminal acts of abuse, destruction and now death by drugs. There have been two young people within 5 months die in his presence, who never got a trial, never had the plea bargain for their lives. They were killed, plain and simple.And yet, the county Prosecutors' are willing to accept a six year sentence and out within the next year? At who's cost? Another victim? When will he be stopped?
What goes around comes around !!!!
May take a while L-D but, it will..
It's called KARMA!!
"Whatever karma I create, whether good or evil, that I shall inherit."
Someone will take him out... just wait.
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