Pubdate: Thu, 05 Jun 2008 Source: Seattle Times (WA) Copyright: 2008 The Seattle Times Company Contact: http://www.seattletimes.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/409 Author: Jennifer Sullivan Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mdma.htm (Ecstasy) MAN GETS PRISON FOR NOT HELPING TEEN WHO OVERDOSED A 21-year-old Puyallup man who failed to help a 16-year-old girl who overdosed after taking Ecstasy was sentenced Wednesday to a year and a half in prison and intensive substance-abuse treatment. David Morris apologized to Danielle McCarthy's family and friends during the Everett sentencing hearing, said Snohomish County Deputy Prosecutor Coleen St. Clair. Morris pleaded guilty in November to controlled-substance homicide. In addition to prison time and drug treatment, Morris will serve a year and a half of probation. On Dec. 21, 2006, Morris drove McCarthy and her classmate Donalydia Huertas from Puyallup to parties in Edmonds and on the University of Washington's Greek Row, according to changing papers. Witnesses said that during the evening, McCarthy took Ecstasy that Huertas bought from Morris, charging papers say. Huertas, 18, has been charged with first-degree manslaughter and controlled-substance homicide, which could result in a prison term of more than eight years. Her trial is slated to begin next week. "One thing is clear in this case: Danielle McCarthy did not need to die," St. Clair said. "None of them got her medical assistance when she clearly needed it." - --- MAP posted-by: Larry Seguin