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Nov 2, 2009 10:36 pm US/Pacific

Man Found Guilty In Killing 14-Year-Old Bicyclist

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) ― A man accused of being under the influence of prescription drugs and texting while driving has been convicted of gross vehicular manslaughter for killing a bicyclist two years ago in Huntington Beach.

Jeffrey Francis Woods, who had been out on bail, was taken into custody after the guilty verdict was read in a Santa Ana courtroom Monday.

Family and friends of Danny Oates, the 14-year-old boy who was killed as he rode his bike to school in August 2007, hugged and consoled each other in court.

Woods' defense attorney, Scott Well, had argued that his client had a seizure while driving his pickup truck. Well says he intends to appeal.

Woods faces up to 10 years in prison when sentenced on Dec. 11.

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