(1) A person commits the crime of criminally negligent homicide when, with criminal negligence, the person causes the death of another person.
(2) Criminally negligent homicide is a Class B felony.
ORS 163.145
Applied in 68 court decisions — leading case State v. Turnidge (2016)
Most recently applied in 347 Or. App. 180 - State v. Seay (February 2026)
1971 c.743 §91; 2003 c.815 §2
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