Overview
- William Justin Koznar received an 11-year state prison sentence after pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter under a negotiated deal.
- Judge Catherine Voelker imposed the upper term, recommended counseling or classes in custody, and credited him with nearly six and a half years already served.
- Court records indicate he will be transferred to Wasco State Prison to start his time in the state system.
- As part of the agreement, the murder charge was dismissed after he admitted special allegations of great violence and that the victim was vulnerable.
- Prosecutors said security video and Koznar’s statements showed no one else entered the Moorpark room where Sara Goodwin was found unconscious and later died at Adventist Health Simi Valley after hotel staff reported a disturbance.