Bid Denied for Re-Sentencing in Christmas Day 2012 Crash in Pasadena That Killed Two

A state appeals court panel has rejected a bid for re-sentencing by a man convicted of charges stemming from a Christmas Day 2012 crash in Pasadena that killed a Glendale woman and her 11-year-old cousin.

The three-justice panel from California’s 2nd District Court of Appeal agreed Wednesday in its ruling with a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge’s denial of the re-sentencing requested by Darrell Lee Williams.

The appellate court justices noted that he is “ineligible for relief” under a new state law that allows defendants in some murder and manslaughter cases to be re-sentenced.

The panel noted in its 10-page opinion that Williams was “prosecuted and convicted of voluntary manslaughter as the actual killer.”

Williams was convicted in 2015 of two counts of voluntary manslaughter and five counts of assault with a deadly weapon — a vehicle — in connection with the Dec. 25, 2012, crash that killed Tracey Ong Tan, 25, and Kendrick Ng of Daly City.

Authorities said Williams was behind the wheel of a silver Dodge Durango that rolled through a stop sign near Claremont Street and Marengo Avenue.

Police chased the vehicle for about 30 seconds before the SUV smashed into a van turning onto a Foothill (210) Freeway onramp from Marengo Avenue. Tan and the boy were killed on impact, and three other people inside the van were injured.

Williams, now 34, was arrested that day by Pasadena police and has remained behind bars since then.

He is serving a potential life sentence in state prison.