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Ark. Code Ann. § 5-10-105

Negligent homicide

Applied in 28 court decisions — leading case United States v. Gomez-Leon (2008)

Most recently applied in James Nowlin v. State of Arkansas (December 2024)

Acts 1975, No. 280, § 1505; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-1505; Acts 1987, No. 538, § 1; 1999, No. 1112, § 1; 2001, No. 561, § 1; 2005, No. 1004, § 1; 2005, No. 2128, § 2; 2009, No. 650, § …

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(1) A person commits negligent homicide if he or she negligently causes the death of another person, not constituting murder or manslaughter, as a result of operating a vehicle, an aircraft, or a watercraft: While intoxicated;

(2) If at that time there is an alcohol concentration of eight hundredths (0.08) or more in the person's breath or blood based upon the definition of alcohol concentration in § 5-65-204, as determined by a chemical test of the person's blood, urine, breath, saliva, or other bodily substance.

(3) The method of the chemical test of the person's blood, urine, saliva, breath, or other bodily substance shall be made in accordance with §§ 5-65-204 and 5-65-206;

(4) While passing a stopped school bus in violation of § 27-51-1004; or

(5) While fatigued.

(6) A person who violates subdivision (a)(1) of this section upon conviction is guilty of a Class B felony.

(7) A person commits negligent homicide if he or she negligently causes the death of another person.

(8) A person who violates subdivision (b)(1) of this section upon conviction is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

(9) As used in this section: “Fatigued” means: Having been without sleep for a period of twenty-four (24) consecutive hours; or

(10) Having been without sleep for a period of twenty-four (24) consecutive hours and in the state of being asleep; and

(11) “Intoxicated” means influenced or affected by the ingestion of alcohol, a controlled substance, any intoxicant, or any combination of alcohol, a controlled substance, or an intoxicant to such a degree that the operator's reactions, motor skills, and judgment are substantially altered and the operator therefore constitutes a clear and substantial danger of physical injury or death to himself or herself or to another person.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.