MAN FREED AFTER MANSLAUGHTER CONVICTION VACATED; CLAIMED “TOYOTA DEFENSE” AND INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL; CALIFORNIA PENAL CODE SECTION 192
Negligence and Gross Negligence in California Vehicular Homicide Cases
Negligence and Gross Negligence in California Vehicular Homicide Cases If you have been involved in an auto accident in which someone was killed, you could be charged with vehicular homicide. However, vehicular homicide can be charged as either a misdemeanor or a felony, depending upon the circumstances of your case. If you acted with ordinary negligence and you have no prior criminal record, you may be charged with a misdemeanor.…
Read MoreWill I Go To Jail For Vehicular Manslaughter In Orange County? (California Penal Code Section 192(c))
Will I Go To Jail For Vehicular Manslaughter In Orange County? (California Penal Code Section 192(c)) If you are involved in a car accident and someone dies as a result, you could face charges of vehicular manslaughter. This is a very serious crime, and it carries severe penalties. That is why you must understand the implications of this crime if you are charged with vehicular manslaughter in Orange County. Vehicular…
Read MoreCommercial Vehicular Manslaughter: Killing Someone While Driving on the Job (Penal Code Sections 192 (c) and 191.5)
Commercial Vehicular Manslaughter: Killing Someone While Driving on the Job (Penal Code Sections 192 (c) and 191.5) Truck, bus and taxi operators work where most of us drive. The streets are their offices. Commercial vehicle operators are statistically more likely than others to be involved in a traffic collision simply because they spend more time on the road. If you drive a commercial vehicle for a living, you need to…
Read MoreThe Serious Consequences of Vehicular Manslaughter – PC 192(c)
The Serious Consequences of Vehicular Manslaughter - PC 192(c) Speeding can cost more than just your freedom, it can cost lives. California's vehicular manslaughter laws punish acts of driving that kill another person because of the driver: Drives in an unlawful way, Drives in a lawful but dangerous way, or Knowingly causes the accident for financial gain. Consequences of Vehicular Manslaughter The District Attorney’s office can charge you with violating…
Read MoreSpeed Exhibition Can Lead to Deadly Consequences – Vehicle Code Section 23109
Speed Exhibition Can Lead to Deadly Consequences – Vehicle Code Section 23109 Memorial Day will always be a time of solemn remembrance for the parents of five Irvine high school students killed in a gruesome car accident that investigators determined was caused by excessive speeding. Traveling in excess of 100 miles per hour on a downhill stretch of Jamboree Road, the teenager driving the vehicle lost control of the car…
Read MoreYou Could Kill Someone and Go to Jail for Talking or Texting While Driving – California Vehicle Code Sections 23123, 23124
You Could Kill Someone and Go to Jail for Talking or Texting While Driving – California Vehicle Code Sections 23123, 23124 Haverhill, Mass., February 2011 Aaron Deveau was only 17 years old when he struck and killed Donald Bowley, a 55-year old father of three and critically injured the deceased man’s girlfriend who was a passenger in the car Bowley had been driving. Aaron’s attention wasn’t focused on the road…
Read MoreLong Beach Teen involved in Racing Deaths Charged with Involuntary Manslaughter – California Penal Code Section 192
Long Beach Teen involved in Racing Deaths Charged with Involuntary Manslaughter – California Penal Code Section 192 It was recently reported on LA Times that a 17-year-old boy was charged with eight felony counts, including involuntary manslaughter, after participating in a street race in Long Beach that left four people dead. The teenage boy faces being tried as an adult in an adult criminal court. The defendant was driving a…
Read MoreMAN FREED AFTER MANSLAUGHTER CONVICTION VACATED; CLAIMED “TOYOTA DEFENSE” AND INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL; CALIFORNIA PENAL CODE SECTION 192
MAN FREED AFTER MANSLAUGHTER CONVICTION VACATED; CLAIMED “TOYOTA DEFENSE” AND INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL; CALIFORNIA PENAL CODE SECTION 192 On August 6, 2010, a man convicted of vehicular homicide in 2006 will be freed after the state court ordered a new trial and the prosecutor declined to re-file the charges. In 2006, defendant Koua Fong Lee was accused of speeding into a vehicle and striking it, killing the other vehicle’s…
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