(1) A person is guilty of manslaughter in the second degree when, with criminal negligence, he or she causes the death of another person.
(2) Manslaughter in the second degree is a class B felony.
RCW 9A.32.070
Manslaughter in the second degree.
Known as the Washington Criminal Code
The act spans §§ 9–9 (401 sections).
Applied in 56 court decisions — leading case 98 Wash. 2d 484 - State v. McCullum (1983)
Most recently applied in State v. Jenks (May 2021)
2011 c 336 s 358; 1997 c 365 s 6; 1975 1st ex.s. c 260 s 9A.32.070.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.