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Jan. 13, 2026

OC judge gives Irvine lawyer one year in jail in fatal DUI freeway crash

Superior Court Judge Antony C. Ufland rejected prosecutors' request for a 10-year prison term for Lotfullah Sohaib Latif amid sharply disputed blood-alcohol evidence.

An Orange County judge on Friday handed an Irvine attorney one year in county jail for a 2019 freeway crash that killed a U.S. Postal Service truck driver, rejecting prosecutors' push for a 10-year state prison sentence in a controversial case hinging on sharply disputed blood-alcohol evidence.

Orange County Superior Court Judge Antony C. Ufland sentenced 33-year-old Lotfullah Sohaib Latif and ordered 200 hours of community service. A jury convicted Latif on Oct. 20 despite co...

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