Justice Served
The beauty of the American court system is that you are innocent until proven guilty and have the right to fair trial. But in the case of Andrew Gallo, the trial was short and there was little doubt as to whether or not he would be found guilty in the tragic drunk driving accident that killed former Anaheim Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart. On Monday, the 23-year-old Gallo sat in a Santa Ana court room where a jury convicted him on three counts of second-degree murder and single counts of drunken driving, hit-and-run driving, and driving under the influence of alcohol and causing great bodily injury.
A stoic Gallo listened to his long list of convictions while the emotional families of Courtney Stewart, Henry Pearson and Jon Willhite all watched on. Willhite, the lone survivor of the crash, was in the court room while Gallo was convicted. Prosecutors charged Gallo with second-degree murder instead of the lesser charge of manslaughter because he had a previous DUI conviction, a crime he committed in 2006 where he signed court papers indicating he understood that if he killed someone while driving drunk again he could be charged with murder. Gallo now awaits his sentencing date of Dec. 10 and could face 50 years to life in state prison.
Although nothing can be done to bring back the lives that Gallo so foolishly took, Angles manager Mike Scioscia summed up the conviction: “There’s certainly no joy involved, but I think it’s some closure for a number of families that have been just going through the worst nightmare for a family….Nothing that happened today is ever going to bring Nick, Henry and Courtney back or erase that tragedy in the life of the kid who survived, Jon Wilhite. But I think it inches all of us toward a sense of peace, and we’re just going to continue to move on.”
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