Man pleads guilty to lower manslaughter charge, sentenced to 1 year in prison with credit for time served

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A Boone County man who was previously sentenced to 11 years in prison was sentenced again after pleading guilty to a lower charge.

Charles Waddill pleaded guilty on Monday to second-degree involuntary manslaughter and leaving the scene of an accident that resulted in a death. He was sentenced to a year in jail and was given credit for time served.

Waddill previously pleaded guilty to first-degree involuntary manslaughter, leaving the scene of an accident and evidence tampering in the 2019 killing of a pedestrian on Range Line Street in Columbia with his car. He was sentenced to 11 years in prison but appealed the decision in January 2022 in the Boone County Circuit Court.

Court records say Waddill's conviction was overturned after he argued his counsel was ineffective.

A wrongful death lawsuit against Waddill and the company for which he was driving at the time of the crash was filed and quickly settled in January 2020.