MURRIETA (CNS) - A convicted felon accused of running over and killing
a 71-year-old woman walking on a sidewalk in Murrieta while he was drunk at
the wheel dropped a request today for a judge to consider reducing his bail.Rodney Wayne Phillips, 57, of Hemet allegedly fatally struck Gloria
Ann Henry of Murrieta as she walked along Clinton Keith Road, just east of Via
Mariposa, last month.Phillips is charged with DUI gross vehicular manslaughter and fleeing
the scene of a crime.His public defender had submitted a motion requesting a bail review
hearing before Riverside County Superior Court Judge Elaine Kiefer, but during
a status conference at the Southwest Justice Center in Murrieta, the motion was
withdrawn without explanation.The judge scheduled a felony settleme
