Arraignment delayed in DUI deaths of Cloverdale women

<p>A San Francisco woman charged with drunken driving in a crash that killed two Cloverdale women made her first court appearance Friday, surrounded by family and friends.</p><p>Lyndsay Murray-Mazany, a 27-year-old real estate assistant, was shaking as she approached Judge Rene Chouteau to answer charges in the Sunday afternoon crash that killed Bev Jones and Nancy “Sue” McBride, both 77.</p><p>Murray-Mazany did not enter a plea to the four felony counts, including two of vehicular manslaughter and two counts of drunken driving with great bodily injury. The charges carry a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.</p><p>Her lawyer, Chris Andrian, asked that she be formally arraigned Wednesday morning and prosecutors signaled that they will ask to have her bail increased from $100,000 to $260,000.</p><p>“It's a very painful situation for everybody,” Andrian said in the hallway. “These are the hardest kind of cases.”</p><p>The CHP said Murray-Mazany was wine tasting with friends Sunday afternoon in Dry Creek Valley and Geyserville when she crashed her SUV into a car carrying five women near Highway 101. Two people in the car were killed and others were hospitalized with injuries.</p><p>Murray-Mazany, who was supposed to be the designated driver for her group of four, had a blood-alcohol level of .1 at the scene, officers said. By law, a driver is presumed to be impaired at .08.</p><p>She posted bail Tuesday. On Friday, she huddled in the hallway with supporters before making her appearance, her face streaked from tears.</p><p>Prosecutor Robin Hammond said she would subpoena jail phone records. Hammond sought a higher bail based on the charges with enhancements.</p>