Williams v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. ““(1) Any person who while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or unlawfully under the influence of narcotic or other habit-forming or dangerous, depressant or stimulant drugs operates or drives a vehicle and when so operating or driving causes the death of another person, is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be imprisoned for a determinate period of not less than one year nor more than five years; or shall be imprisoned for a determinate period of not less than one year nor more than two years to which shall be added a fine of not less than two hundred fifty dollars nor more than five thousand dollars. Upon conviction, the court shall recommend the suspension of the current driving license of the person so convicted for a period of one year and the commissioner of motor vehicles shall comply with the recommendations, and should the court fail to make the mandatory recommendation, or should the court fail to make the appropriate mandatory recommendation, the commissioner shall proceed to act in the matter as if such recommendation had been made by the court....””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. McGary v. State