9 Wash. App. 246 - State v. Pyles’s Empirical Analysis
1973
Citation profile
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 48 Wash. 2d 545 - In RE OLSEN v. Delmore · 78 Wash. 2d 9 - State v. Zornes · 55 Wash. 2d 469 - State v. Collins · 72 Wash. 2d 760 - State v. Eike · 47 Wash. 2d 640 - State v. Partridge
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“The thrust of this opinion is that if the facts of the case will support a charge of negligent homicide, the prosecutor must charge negligent homicide. The legislature intended to create two separate and mutually exclusive crimes. The Fourteenth Amendment does not allow the prosecutor, at any time, to make a choice between manslaughter and negligent homicide. State v. Collins, supra; Olsen v. Delmore, [ 48 Wn.2d 545 , 295 P.2d 324 (1956)].”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“We believe that the negligent homicide statute, RCW 46.61.520, preempts the manslaughter statute, RCW 9.48.060, whenever there is substantial evidence that the victim's death occurred as a proximate result of the operation of any vehicle by any person (1) while under the influence of or affected by intoxicating liquor, narcotic drugs or dangerous drugs, or (2) in a negligent manner no matter what degree of negligence is involved.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“one person with manslaughter (20-year maximum penalty) and another with negligent homicide (10-year maximum penalty) for the same act committed under the same circumstances.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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