| Vehicular manslaughter is considered a crime of driving | | | | county jail, or 2,4, or 6 years state prison. |
| a vehicle negligently and directly causing another | | | | PC 192 (c)(2): Vehicular manslaughter without gross |
| person's death. Unfortunately, many DUI accidents | | | | negligence, without intoxication. Penalty: Up to 1 year |
| have caused the death of another human being. | | | | county jail. |
| You can also be charged with vehicular manslaugther | | | | PC 192 (c)(3): Vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, |
| if a passenger in your vehicle dies while you were | | | | without gross negligence. Penalty: Up to 1 year county |
| breaking the law. It's even likely that you could be | | | | jail, or 16 months, 2, or 4 years state prison. |
| charged for murder in this type of case. | | | | What are the steps that someone should take should |
| Here are the four types of vehicular manslaugther in | | | | they find themselves in this type of situation? |
| the state of California and the penalties associated | | | | Due to the severity of this type of incident, my advice |
| with them: | | | | would be to contact an experienced drunk driving |
| PC 191.5: Vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, with | | | | defense lawyer immediately. There are no ifs, ands, |
| gross negligence. Penalty: Up to 1 year county jail, or | | | | or buts about that. Talk with someone who has |
| 4,6 or 10 years state prison. Note: With one or more | | | | experience in these types of DUI cases. This lawyer |
| priors of this or certain other vehicular felonies, 15 | | | | will be able to conduct an independent toxicology |
| years to life in state prison ("Courtney's Law"). | | | | analysis and investigation while the information is still |
| PC 192(c)(1): Vehicular manslaughter with gross | | | | fresh in everyone's mind. |
| negligence, without intoxication. Penalty: Up to 1 year | | | | |