drinking and driving kills passenger chargers???

[seyah]

What is the name of your state? Georgia

True story... Bout a week ago a 17 year old was drinkign and driving with his cousin in the car and i wrecked the car causing his cousin in the passenger seat to be ejected out of the car. He died cause of a dead brain later that night. I'm wondering what the charges that will be upon him and what he will prob get. I think this is unexcusable and he was very stupid.

Someone please respond.

Thanks

[BigMistakeFl]

It's pretty much.....

"In cases when drunk driving causes death, the DUI is charged as a felony. In these situations, the DUI statutes define it as a felony if the death occurred in the commission of an unlawful act, not amounting to felony with gross negligence; or in the commission of a lawful act that might produce death, in an unlawful manner and with gross negligence."

[snostar]

Manslaughter is a definitely possiblity.

[seniorjudge]

Originally Posted by seyah

What is the name of your state? Georgia

True story... Bout a week ago a 17 year old was drinkign and driving with his cousin in the car and i wrecked the car causing his cousin in the passenger seat to be ejected out of the car. He died cause of a dead brain later that night. I'm wondering what the charges that will be upon him and what he will prob get. I think this is unexcusable and he was very stupid.

Someone please respond.

Thanks

You wrecked the car?

Do you have a lawyer?

[BigMistakeFl]

Who was cited for the accident? Who caused the crash, the drunk driver? If so, you need a Personal Injury lawyer. If you caused the crash, but the driver of the other car was drunk, you may want to talk with a criminal defense lawyer.

[racer72]

Originally Posted by seyah

i wrecked the car causing his cousin in the passenger seat to be ejected out of the car.

Talk about a piss poor job of hiding the fact you are the responsible party, not some imaginary "friend". Yes, manslaughter is a definite possibility. And being tried as an adult too. 5 to 20 years in a state penitentary, $25,000 in fines plus the possibility of civil actions by the victims family.

[Two Bit]

Everyone who posted nonsense about manslaughter and made up sentences, none of that applies in Georgia.

In Georgia, when you kill someone in a car accident, you are charged with Homicide by Vehicle in the First or Second Degree ([url]http://www.legis.state.ga.us/cgi-bin/gl_codes_detail.pl?code=40-6-393[/url]) or in a very few cases murder.

If the person who caused the death was DUI, the charge is Homicide by Vehicle in the First degree, and the punishment is 3 to 15 years in prison. If the person who was DUI wasn't the cause of the accident, I suppose it would be possible to charge the non-DUI person who did cause the accident with Homicide by Vehicle in the Second Degree which is a misdemeanor punishable by 12 months in jail and/or a $1000 fine.

Also, in Georgia a 17 year old is an adult.

[Legality]

Originally Posted by snostar

Manslaughter is a definitely possiblity.

Don't you mean "DufusSlaughter"?

It's funny how these idiots get flung out of a car when they're drunk! Well, at least he didn't feel anything!

What's DufusSlaughter?