Shortly before midnight, a man is driving through a residential area in an attempt to get his

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Shortly before midnight, a man is driving through a residential area in an attempt to get his wife, who is in labor, to the hospital. The posted speed limit is 30 mph, but the anxious husband is driving 50 mph. In a dark area, the car strikes and kills a ten-year-old boy who is playing in the middle of the street.

Can the driver be convicted of

(a) manslaughter or

(b) vehicular homicide?

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Criminal Law And Procedure

ISBN: 9780495095484

6th Edition

Authors: John M Scheb, John M Scheb II

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