Prosecutors said 38 year-old John Hines' blood alcohol level was .24 percent, three times the legal limit, at the time of the crash April 1.
He's accused of hitting 47-year-old bicyclist Jeffrey Gordon on Westminster Avenue in Seal Beach, then fleeing the scene. Gordon was thrown from his bike and suffered severe injuries.
If convicted, Hines faces a maximum sentence of six years and eight months in state prison.
