Think guilty.
In his opening statement, prosecutor Steve Somers told the jury that King, 54, has been warned on multiple occasions about the dangers of driving while impaired. The courts told her; the Department of Motor Vehicles and her ex-husband did, too.
But on Sept. 2, 2008, with a cocktail of prescription drugs in her system, Somers said, King chose to get behind the wheel of her BMW X3 and drive from Monterey to a noon appointment with her therapist in Pacific Grove.
After nearly rear-ending another driver at the stoplight on the off-ramp from Highway 1 to Highway 68, King weaved her way down to Forest Avenue and her tragic collision with Woods.