Any DUI involving a fatality is very serious and the fact that you have a prior DUI conviction means that the District Attorney’s office will very likely file 2nd degree murder charges against you. These charges carry a 15-life sentence and the stakes in your case could not be any higher. With so much at […]
Vehicular manslaughter whiled intoxicated with gross negligence in California under Penal Code 191.5(a) is filed as a felony by the prosecution. The punishments depending on certain circumstances, will include the following: 1. Four, six, or ten years in the State Prison, or 2. Fifteen years-to-life in prison if you have a prior conviction of Penal […]
In California a person can be charged with 2nd degree murder if they are under the influence of alcohol and they cause an accident which results in the death of another person, including a person in the car they are driving. Murder can be charged under these circumstances under a theory called implied malice. That […]
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