SAN DIEGO (AP) — A judge has sentenced the son of actor Ryan O'Neal to 16 months in prison for his involvement in a drug-fueled, head-on car crash last year that left another driver injured.
Griffin O'Neal had faced up to four years in state prison at his sentencing Friday.
O'Neal pleaded guilty to two felony charges of driving under the influence and possession of a firearm by a felon. He was on probation for a 2007 when the crash occurred in August. Prosecutors say he tested positive for several drugs at the time.
O'Neal missed his sentencing hearing last month. His lawyer Heather Boxeth has said O'Neal relapsed by drinking alcohol after five years of sobriety and was in rehab.
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SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Griffin O'Neal, the oldest son of actor Ryan O'Neal, is scheduled to be sentenced Friday for driving under the influence of drugs and causing a head-on collision in North County last summer.
O'Neal, 47, pleaded guilty in November to DUI causing injury and being a felon in possession of a gun and admitted a 1992 conviction for shooting into his ex-girlfriend's unoccupied vehicle. He faces up to four years in prison.
O'Neal was on probation for a 2007 DUI conviction when the crash occurred about 1 p.m. last Aug. 2 near San Diego Safari Park. Both drivers were injured and O'Neal was arrested a month later.
Prosecutor Vanessa DuVall said Griffin was charged after toxicology tests showed he had amphetamines, cocaine, marijuana and Xanax in his system at the time of the crash. She said two firearms and ammunition for both were found in O'Neal's car.
Defense attorney Heather Boxeth told a judge last year that her client was trying to come to the aid of his 26-year-old half-brother, Redmond O'Neal, when he got behind the wheel the day of the accident.
O'Neal was set to be sentenced last month but did not come to court because he checked himself into a rehabilitation facility after bailing out of jail on a misdemeanor battery charge involving alleged domestic violence against his wife.
When O'Neal showed up in court the next day, Judge Eugenia Eyherabide told him he could remain in the rehab facility until sentencing.