Driver who smoked marijuana, then blocks later struck and killed pedestrian, gets nearly 4 years
A 27-year-old driver who was seen puffing away on a marijuana pipe — then blocks later fatally struck a pedestrian in a Gresham crosswalk last October — was sentenced Tuesday to nearly four years in prison.
Jacob McLeod Walters’ case has captured public attention particularly because he is one of the first defendants in Oregon to get high then drive and kill since the state’s recreational marijuana last went into effect last July.