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	Negligent Homicide
		A person acts negligently with respect to a material element of an offence when he should be aware of a substantial and unjustifiable risk that the material element exists of will result from his or her conduct.
		A specific type of homicide referred to as infanticide is the act of killing a child between birth and age eighteen.
		An assistant fire chief was convicted of criminal negligent homicide due to his involvement in a "live burn" exercise held in a vacant farmhouse on Route 5 in Westmoreland which resulted in the death of a nineteen year old boy and severely burned two firefighters.
	www.iejs.com /Law/Criminal_Law/Negligent_Homicide-Manslaughter.htm (2993 words)

	Negligent Homicide Unintentional Murder Accidental Death - Law Firm Van Wagner & Wood, S.C. Attorneys Madison, Wisconsin
		Negligent homicide is defined by Wisconsin law as a criminal offense that is committed by a person whose negligence is the direct cause of another person's death.
		If a person causes the death of another person or an unborn child by the negligent operation or handling of a vehicle, that person may be charged criminally with committing homicide by the negligent operation of a vehicle, which is often referred to as vehicular homicide.
		The criminal charge of homicide by negligent handling of a dangerous weapon, explosives, or fire is a Class G felony.
	www.vanwagnerwood.com /CM/Custom/Negligent_Homicide.asp (1081 words)

	45-5-104. Negligent homicide. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		(1) A person commits the offense of negligent homicide if the person negligently causes the death of another human being.
		(2) Negligent homicide is not an included offense of deliberate homicide as defined in 45-5-102(1)(b).
		(3) A person convicted of negligent homicide shall be imprisoned in the state prison for any term not to exceed 20 years or be fined an amount not to exceed $50,000, or both.
	data.opi.state.mt.us /bills/mca/45/5/45-5-104.htm (68 words)

	Article 125 - Penal Law - Homicide, Abortion and Related Offenses
		Homicide means conduct which causes the death of a person or an unborn child with which a female has been pregnant for more than twenty-four weeks under circumstances constituting murder, manslaughter in the first degree, manslaughter in the second degree, criminally negligent homicide, abortion in the first degree or self-abortion in the first degree.
		The fact that homicide was committed under the influence of extreme emotional disturbance constitutes a mitigating circumstance reducing murder to manslaughter in the first degree and need not be proved in any prosecution initiated under this subdivision; or 3.
		The fact that homicide was committed under the influence of extreme emotional disturbance constitutes a mitigating circumstance reducing murder to aggravated manslaughter in the first degree or manslaughter in the first degree and need not be proved in any prosecution initiated under this subdivision.
	ypdcrime.com /penal.law/article125.htm (1305 words)

	Negligent homicide - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Negligent homicide is a charge brought against persons, who by inaction, allow others under their care to die.
		If a more able person, often a son or daughter, was present or expected to be present during the time when the elderly person was accumulating bedsores, they may be found liable of negligent homicide, as their inaction and blatant disregard for human life resulted in the death of someone under their care.
		Negligent homicide generally only applies if a pattern of negligence resulted in the death of the individual.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Negligent_homicide (248 words)

	Appleton Homicide Attorney WI \| Wisconsin Assault Battery Lawyer
		Under Wisconsin laws, first degree intentional homicide as the taking of another person's life with intent to take a life, or the taking of the life of an unborn child with intent to take that unborn child's life.
		First degree intentional homicide is a class A felony punishable by a sentence of life in prison.
		If you are under investigation for homicide, or if you have been charged with homicide, you have the right to remain silent and have your attorney present during questioning.
	www.sissonlaw.com /PracticeAreas/Homicide.asp (652 words)

	Lawyer Negligent Homicide DUI Vehicular Defense Attorney Law, Stephen Paul Barnard
		Under Arizona law, a person may be charged with negligent homicide if such he or she causes the death of another person through criminal negligence.
		It is not uncommon for drug or alcohol-related accidents to lead to a negligent homicide charge against the allegedly impaired driver.
		Negligent homicide is a Class 4 felony, and it can carry a prison sentence of 1 to 3.75 years for a first offense.
	www.theduilawyer.org /CM/VehicularOffenses/VehicularOffenses5.asp (157 words)

	Vehicular Homicide Law and Legal Definition - USlegalforms.com
		Homicide is the willful (non-negligent) killing of one human being by another.
		The only difference between a vehicular homicide and other homicides is the use of a motor vehicle as a weapon, as opposed to a gun or knife.
		Vehicular homicide is governed by state laws, which vary by state, so local laws should be consulted for specific requirements and punishments.
	www.uslegalforms.com /legaldefinitions/v/vehicular-homicide.php (1223 words)

	Louisiana Negligent Homicide
		LA R.S. Negligent homicide is the killing of a human being by criminal negligence.
		Whoever commits the crime of negligent homicide shall be imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than five years, fined not more than five thousand dollars, or both.
		However, if the victim was killed as a result of receiving a battery and was under the age of ten years, the offender shall be imprisoned at hard labor, without benefit of probation or suspension of sentence, for not less than two nor more than five years.
	www.babcockfirm.com /statutes/negligenthomicide.html (136 words)

	State Unborn Victim Laws
		Pennsylvania: An individual commits criminal homicide in the first, second, or third-degree, or voluntary manslaughter of an "unborn child" if the individual intentionally, knowingly, recklessly or negligently causes the death of an unborn child.
		Since 1998 the killing of an "unborn child" at any stage of pre-natal development is first-degree intentional homicide, first-degree reckless homicide, second-degree intentional homicide, second-degree reckless homicide, homicide by negligent handling of dangerous weapon, explosives or fire, homicide by intoxicated use of vehicle or firearm, or homicide by negligent operation of vehicle.
		But under a separate statutory provision, a "person" that is the victim of a homicide is statutorily defined as a "human being who has been born and is alive." N.Y. Pen.
	www.nrlc.org /Unborn_Victims/Statehomicidelaws092302.html (1624 words)

	T.P.I. -- CRIM. 7.07 - CRIMINALLY NEGLIGENT HOMICIDE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		"Criminal negligence" means that a person acts with criminal negligence with respect to the circumstances surrounding that person's conduct or the result of that conduct when the person ought to be aware of a substantial and unjustifiable risk that the circumstances exist or the result will occur.
		The risk must be of such a nature and degree that the failure to perceive it constitutes a gross deviation from the standard of care that an ordinary person would exercise under all the circumstances as viewed from the accused person's standpoint.
		The risk must be of such a nature and degree that its disregard constitutes a gross deviation from the standard of care that an ordinary person would exercise under all the circumstances as viewed from the accused person's standpoint.
	www.jesbeard.com /tpi7_07.htm (375 words)

	Criminal Defense Lawyer near Pigeon Forge - Homicide
		In Tennessee, criminal homicide is the unlawful killing of another person, which may be first degree murder, second degree murder, voluntary manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, or vehicular homicide.
		Our extensive experience allows us to help our clients understand the legal issues surrounding each individual case and to provide each client the opportunity to be involved in his or her defense and with decisions that will have an impact on the rest of their lives.
		Homicide defense lawyer Joseph A. Baker and his associates serving the Pigeon Forge area have represented clients charged with homicide crimes ranging from vehicular homicide to first degree murder.
	www.joebakerlaw.com /html/homicide.html (462 words)

	Negligent Homicide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Negligent Homicide carries a maximum possible jail sentence of between one and ten years.
		Usually we have to look closely at the accident to try to determine if our client’s negligence caused it, or whether the alleged victim was in fact the cause of the accident.
		Recently, the prosecution has been charging Manslaughter instead of Negligent Homicide if a person has a prior DUI conviction.
	www.jonburgelaw.com /Hawaii%20Crimes/negligent_homicide.htm (121 words)

	Look What I Found In My Brain!: negligent homicide
		Negligent homicide is the unlawful killing of another person due to negligent behavior without any intent to harm or kill the person who died.
		The federal goverment does not involve itself with homicides unless they are crimes that can result in a death sentence or which were committed on federal lands.
		People who might be convicted of a more serious charge (say, second degree manslaughter) may be offered a plea bargain in which they plead guilty to the lesser charge in situations where the district attorney is eager to have the case finished up.
	www.sff.net /people/lucy-snyder/brain/2005/10/negligent-homicide.html (289 words)

	Man charged with DWI, negligent homicide
		A Covington area man has been indicted on charges of negligent homicide and DWI in connection with an April boat crash in which a friend drowned.
		Negligent homicide is punishable by up to five years in prison and a $5,000 fine.
		Vehicular homicide carries a stiffer punishment: a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison and a $15,000 fine.
	www.nola.com /news/t-p/sttammany/index.ssf?/base/news-5/116486866866140.xml&coll=1 (387 words)

	NEGLIGENT HOMICIDE MURDER - Law Firm Van Wagner & Wood, S.C. Attorneys Madison, Wisconsin
		The criminal charge of homicide resulting from the negligent control of a vicious animal is a
		If a person causes the death of another person or an unborn child by the negligent operation or handling of a vehicle, that person may be charged criminally with committing homicide by the negligent operation of a vehicle, which is often referred to as
		The criminal charge of homicide by negligent handling of a dangerous weapon, explosives, or fire is a
	www.vanwagnerwood.com /CM/Custom/NEGLIGENTHOMICIDE.asp (1414 words)

	T.P.I. -- CRIM. 7.07
		T.P.I. Any person who commits criminally negligent homicide is guilty of a crime.
		1. Criminally negligent homicide is a Class E felony. Tenn. Code Ann.
		§ 39-15-401, child abuse and neglect, may be a lesser included offense of criminally negligent homicide. Tenn. Code Ann.
	www.tncrimlaw.com /TPI_Crim/07_07.htm (174 words)

	Of Snowboarders and Corporations
		All you have to do is type in the words "manslaughter" or "reckless homicide" or "negligent homicide" into Google News and up will come case after case of regular people being charged with various forms of homicide -- not because they intended to kill, but because they did not take care.
		As we have pointed out in an earlier column, the last homicide prosecution brought against a major American corporation was in 1980, when a Republican prosecutor charged Ford Motor Co. with homicide for the deaths of three teenaged girls who died when their Ford Pinto caught on fire after being rear-ended in northern Indiana.
		In December 2003, the Attorney General of Rhode Island brought homicide charges against a band manager and owners of a club where a fire took the lives of 100 concertgoers.
	www.commondreams.org /views06/0209-34.htm (1004 words)

	Researcher pleads guilty to negligent homicide in patient's death - Courttv.com - Top News
		ALBANY, N.Y. — A former cancer researcher pleaded guilty Tuesday to criminally negligent homicide in the death of a patient enrolled in a clinical trial at an upstate New York veterans' hospital.
		Paul Kornak, 53, also pleaded guilty to felony counts of mail fraud and making a false statement, admitting he forged medical records of dozens of patients at the Stratton Veterans Affairs Medical Center to make them eligible for drug studies and falsely claimed to be a doctor.
		The homicide charge stemmed from the death of 71-year-old James DiGeorgio, an Air Force veteran who died in 2001 shortly after participating in a drug-research program for stomach cancer.
	www.courttv.com /news/2005/0119/researcher_ap.html (526 words)

	Confined Space
		The company was convicted of negligent homicide and aggravated assault last November and fined $1.77 million.
		Weidman was found guilty by a jury of two counts of negligent homicide and two counts of endangerment last June.
		Weidman was also sentenced to three years of supervised probation for a second count of negligent homicide and three years of supervised probation for another count of aggravated assault.
	spewingforth.blogspot.com /2006/08/manager-convicted-of-homicide.html (1301 words)

	Andrew Sullivan \| The Daily Dish: Negligent Homicide in Texas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		A person acts with criminal negligence, or is criminally negligent, with respect to circumstances surrounding his conduct or the result of his conduct when he ought to be aware of a substantial and unjustifiable risk that the circumstances exist or the result will occur.
		The risk must be of such a nature and degree that the failure to perceive it constitutes a gross deviation from the standard of care that an ordinary person would exercise under all the circumstances as viewed from the actor's standpoint.'
		From my reading of the statute, a person would be criminally negligent only where their conduct was grossly negligent under the circumstances.
	time.blogs.com /daily_dish/2006/02/negligent_homic.html (287 words)

	Homicide - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Homicide is the act of killing another human being.
		Many forms of 'homicide' have their own term based on the person being killed.
		Sometimes a homicide is allowed either through certain defenses to criminal charges, or through circumstances, e.g.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Homicide (160 words)

	Section 630:3 Negligent Homicide. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		A person is guilty of a class B felony when he causes the death of another negligently.
		In addition to any other penalty imposed, if the death of another person resulted from the negligent driving of a motor vehicle, the court may revoke the license or driving privilege of the convicted person for up to 7 years.
		In cases where the person is convicted under paragraph II, the court shall revoke the license or driving privilege of the convicted person indefinitely and the person shall not petition for eligibility to reapply for a driver's license for at least 7 years.
	www.gencourt.state.nh.us /rsa/html/LXII/630/630-3.htm (237 words)

	The Law Offices of David Michael Cantor-Negligent Homicide-Vehicular Crimes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		"criminal negligence" means the following: with respect to the result, or to a circumstance, a person fails to perceive a substantial and unjustifiable risk the result will occur, or that the circumstance exists.
		The risk must be of such a nature and degree that failure to perceive it constitutes a gross deviation from the standard of care that a reasonable person would observe in the situation.
		This is very similar to Manslaughter, however, Manslaughter is "recklessness" standard involves gross deviation from a standard of conduct verses a "negligence" standard involving a gross deviation from a standard of care.
	www.dmcantor.com /negligent_homicide.php (915 words)

	Nations found guilty of negligent homicide Monday (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		VIDALIA — William Clay Nations was found guilty of negligent homicide by a Concordia Parish judge Monday evening, ending the three-day trial.
		Under Louisiana law negligent homicide is the killing of a human being by criminal negligence.
		The maximum penalty for negligent homicide in five years in jail and or a $5,000 fine.
	www.natchezdemocrat.com /articles/2006/09/14/news/news443.txt (325 words)

	Criminally negligent homicide charged
		A Newburgh man was indicted on a charge of criminally negligent homicide Wednesday after police say he caused a crash that led to a man's death in October on Interstate 84 in Montgomery.
		Joseph McDermott, 47, of Newburgh, was towing a small utility trailer when he tried to enter the westbound side of I-84 from a U-turn area, authorities said.
		McDermott was indicted on a charge of criminally negligent homicide, a felony, and third-degree assault, a misdemeanor.
	archive.recordonline.com /archive/2003/03/14/brf806.htm (149 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Foti had the Manganos booked with negligent homicide about 2 weeks after the storm, but the grand jury could not convene until Wednesday because the storm had flooded all but a few buildings in St. Bernard Parish and had scattered its residents.
		The Manganos were originally arrested on 34 counts of negligent homicide.
		The cruelty indictment, alleging that the couple "intentionally or through criminal negligence" mistreated or neglected 64 patients, is believed to cover survivors as well as patients who died.
	www.wcsh6.com /news/article.aspx?storyid=41924 (466 words)

	U.S. Army officer guilty of negligent homicide - Americas - International Herald Tribune
		FORT CARSON, Colorado An Army officer was found guilty of negligent homicide late Saturday in the death of an Iraqi general at a detention camp, but was spared a conviction of murder that could have sent him to prison for life.
		A panel of six Army officers also convicted Chief Warrant Officer Lewis Welshofer Jr., 43, of negligent dereliction of duty.
		Welshofer, who stood silently and showed no reaction when the verdict was announced, faces a dishonorable discharge and up to three years in prison for negligent homicide and three months for negligent dereliction of duty.
	www.iht.com /articles/2006/01/22/america/web.0122officer.php?rss (591 words)

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