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Brown, Douglas v. Commonwealth
No. 090013Supreme Court of Virginia
090013 Brown, Douglas v. Commonwealth 11/05/2009 In a prosecution for involuntary manslaughter, the evidence was sufficient to establish that the defendant was a proximate cause of the death of a driver whose …
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090013 Brown, Douglas v. Commonwealth 11/05/2009 In a prosecution for involuntary manslaughter, the evidence was sufficient to es…
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090013 Brown, Douglas v. Commonwealth 11/05/2009 In a prosecution for involuntary manslaughter, the evidence was sufficient to establish that the defendant was a proximate cause of the death of a driver whose car was struck by a police cruiser during a high-speed chase to apprehend the defendant. Because the police officer's actions did not break the chain of proximate causation between the defendant's criminally negligent conduct and the victim's death, the Court of Appeals did not err in concluding that the evidence supports the conviction. The judgment is affirmed.
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