Vehicular Manslaughter

OneTimeSBX · #1 03-14-2009, 10:29 AM

from what i remember, if weather is THE ONLY factor (not speeding in bad weather, etc) then you will probably be ok...but it wont even get to court if the cop doesnt see the need to write a ticket to you or press charges. the other party can sue if they like, but it would be hard to prove you were negligent without that officer to back you up...that part is coming from experience!

KSigkid · #2 03-14-2009, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by kddani

Ummm... yes, you can go to prison if you're driving in a negligent manner and hit someone. No one has the right to take someone else's life. If you're driving in negligent manner and hit someone - why SHOULDN'T you be held accountable?

You'd also likely be singing a different tune if a loved one was the victim.

Exactly - depending on the penal code in the particular state, and the circumstances, you can definitely see jail time. Just because you weren't gunning for someone doesn't mean that you're not subject to criminal liability.

Zephyrus · #3 03-15-2009, 04:20 AM

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Originally Posted by OneTimeSBX

from what i remember, if weather is THE ONLY factor (not speeding in bad weather, etc) then you will probably be ok...but it wont even get to court if the cop doesnt see the need to write a ticket to you or press charges. the other party can sue if they like, but it would be hard to prove you were negligent without that officer to back you up...that part is coming from experience!

She's a first year law student, so she could be clueless. She told me that I would go to prison NOT jail if I killed someone after I hit him/her, no matter what. There's no fking way, I'm going to believe that, and if it is true, it's bullsht.

Zephyrus · #4 03-15-2009, 04:26 AM

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Originally Posted by KSigkid

Great minds think alike, or something like that; I was just going to post about the Stallworth story.

I wonder if Zephyrus is Stallworth.

Thanks dude. I'm reading that story.

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Originally Posted by CutiePie2000

You keep mentioning "if I hit someone, if I hit someone". The person would have to die for "manslaughter" to come into the equation.

Duh, no sht!

No offense but you and that kddani person just don't get it. Obviously when I say hit, I mean kill..dead.

kddani · #5 03-15-2009, 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Zephyrus

No offense but you and that kddani person just don't get it. Obviously when I say hit, I mean kill..dead.

Um, can you read?

Btw, I'm a practicing lawyer admitted to practice in three states. I think I have a decent handle on this very basic tenant of law.

knight_shadow, I think that the word "negligence" is too big of a word for the OP.

KSigkid · #6 03-15-2009, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by kddani

Um, can you read?

Btw, I'm a practicing lawyer admitted to practice in three states. I think I have a decent handle on this very basic tenant of law.

knight_shadow, I think that the word "negligence" is too big of a word for the OP.

The thing is, I'm not sure if Zephyrus really wants answers on these topics, as much as he wants to vent about the legal system. He posted about other legal issues in another thread, and Kevin and I (both upper-class law students) tried to discuss some of the reasons behind the laws in question. It seems like he's just displeased by the legal system as a whole.

I do feel sorry for his law school friend though, haha.

Munchkin03 · #7 03-15-2009, 02:15 PM

When I was 13, one of my friends was hit by a car. It was a clear day, sunny, with no rain, fog, or haze. She was killed instantly, and her friend was critically injured and in physical therapy for a long time.

The driver wasn't charged because the girls ran out in the road and didn't use the crosswalks. Ironically, a few weeks after that accident, she hit another teenage girl who ran out in front of her car. I think she left town soon after that.

Just thought I'd throw that out there.

KSigkid · #8 03-15-2009, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Munchkin03

When I was 13, one of my friends was hit by a car. It was a clear day, sunny, with no rain, fog, or haze. She was killed instantly, and her friend was critically injured and in physical therapy for a long time.

The driver wasn't charged because the girls ran out in the road and didn't use the crosswalks. Ironically, a few weeks after that accident, she hit another teenage girl who ran out in front of her car. I think she left town soon after that.

Just thought I'd throw that out there.

Exactly...I don't want to get into the past history of the guy who hit my wife and I when he was drunk driving.