284 Ga. App. 893 - Henry v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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1. “by interpreting [the first degree vehicular homicide statute] as not including a requirement that the defendant caused the victim’s death through his failure to stop and render assistance after the accident, . . . [the] holding in Division 2 of Klaub v. State operates to eliminate an essential element of the offense of first degree vehicular homicide through a violation of [the failure to stop and render aid statute]....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. KLAUB v. Battle

2. “a conviction for first degree vehicular homicide predicated on a hit-and-run requires proof beyond a reasonable doubt of all the elements of felony hit-and-run plus the additional element that the defendant’s violation of OCGA § 40-6-270 (b) [i.e., failure to stop and render aid] was a contributing cause of the victim’s death.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. KLAUB v. Battle