An Orange County jury convicted a Costa Mesa man of  felony vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence for the death of a 32-year-old pedestrian in Newport Beach in 2008.

According to prosecutors, the man was texting while driving in the minutes just preceding the accident.  Additionally, a driver behind the man also honked at him for delaying 10-15 seconds before turning on a green light.  It was after this turn that the man hit the victim, a nanny walking in a crosswalk on her way to work.     

The man, whose sentencing is set for March, faces up to 9 years in prison.