People v. Kazmarick’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
October 2004
most recently cited
2 district · 1 state decisions
Most-quoted passages
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“Where a defendant’s failure to exercise reasonable care to prevent the risk he created is reckless and results in death, the defendant can be convicted of involuntary manslaughter. Public policy requires that “one who creates, by his own conduct ... a grave risk of death or injury to others has a duty and obligation to alleviate the danger.” We are not faced with the situation of a mere passerby who observes a fire and fails to alert authorities; the defendants started the fire and then increased the risk of harm from that fire by allowing it to burn without taking adequate steps either to control it or to report it to the proper authorities.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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