What is the test for a driver convicted of gross vehicular manslaughter in a motor vehicle accident?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Demacedo, H044813 (Cal. App. 2018):
1. According to the opinion upholding the conviction, defendant conceded at trial that his grossly negligent driving caused the 2013 collision. He argued that he was guilty of gross vehicular manslaughter (not second degree murder) because he had not acted with conscious disregard for life. (People v. Demacedo, supra, A144919, p. 4.)
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