Ulises Valdez Jr. pleaded guilty in Sonoma County Superior Court to killing a cyclist and costing a 12-year-old boy his leg while driving drunk.
The counts included gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, driving under the influence of alcohol causing serious injury, and driving with a blood alcohol content above the legal limit.
Prosecutors said he drank at at least two bars before racing with a friends and losing control on a curve with the acclerator “100% depressed.”
Va;dez’s late father founded Valdez Family Winery.