Hit-and-run

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Unconscious driver People v. Flores (1996) 51 Cal.App.4th 1199

People v. Kroncke (1999) 70 Cal.App.4th 1535

People v. Newton (2007) 155 Cal.App.4th 1000

Wilkoff v' Superior Court (1985) 38 Cal.3d 345.

Statute of Limitations

Great bodily injury

PC12022.7 GBI doesn't attach to hit-and-run because the running is the criminal act. (People v. Valdez (2010) 189 Cal.App.4th 82.)

Death enhancement

VC20001(c): (c) A person who flees the scene of the crime after committing a violation of Section 191.5 of, or paragraph (1) of subdivision (c) of Section 192 of the Penal Code, upon conviction of any of those sections, in addition and consecutive to the punishment prescribed, shall be punished by an additional term of imprisonment of five years in the state prison. This additional term shall not be imposed unless the allegation is charged in the accusatory pleading and admitted by the defendant or found to be true by the trier of fact. The court shall not strike a finding that brings a person within the provisions of this subdivision or an allegation made pursuant to this subdivision.

People v. Calles (2012) 209 Cal.App.4th 1200