SALEM – The defense lawyer for Christopher Maxson, the 20-year-old boyfriend of a young woman killed in a drunken driving crash in Lynn earlier this year, said in court this week that his client wants to plead guilty.Defense lawyer John Andrews reported this week in Salem Superior Court to Judge Timothy Q. Feeley that he and prosecutor Michael Patten had met privately last week in Judge David A. Lowy’s chambers to discuss the case and a potential plea agreement. However, the lobby as it is referred to, is a confidential meeting between the parties involved in the case and is not revealed to the public, but Andrews said that Maxson apparently will accept the proposed sentence offered by Lowy.Andrews added that the judge also wants to hear from a probation officer from District Court before the hearing commences.The plea hearing has been scheduled for the morning of Nov. 12 in Salem Superior Court.Maxson faces charges of vehicular homicide while driving drunk and recklessly in the March 21 crash that killed 19-year-old Julia Gauthier of Salem.It was just after 1 a.m. when Maxson, driving a Toyota 4Runner SUV, allegedly sped through two stop signs at the intersection of Glenwood Street and Eastern Avenue in Lynn to take a shortcut home from a party on Essex Street. His SUV clipped another vehicle and crashed into three other cars before flipping over on Glenwood.Gauthier was a front-seat passenger in the car. She was ejected through the sunroof as the SUV flipped over onto the passenger side. She was killed almost instantly.Maxson, Gauthier and two others in the car were coming from a party at the home of 19-year-old Craig Snow. Snow, of 471 Essex St., has been charged with violating the state’s Social Host Liabilities Law.Investigators claim he was aware drinking was taking place at his party and that some of the partiers were underage. The case against Snow is still pending in Lynn District Court.Maxson allegedly admitted to authorities that he had been drinking.Gauthier and Maxson were high school sweethearts. Gauthier graduated 10th in her class at Salem High and was attending Salem State College at the time of her death.Maxson has been serving a six-month sentence for violating his probation in a marijuana case.