Rizio and Nelson California Law Blog

January Violent Crimes, in the News

LA Now reported on on January 5 about a story that left an 18 year old hospitalized with gunshot wounds. He claimed that two men shot him from a passing car. He wasn’t especially cooperating with the police making it impossible to tell if he had in fact been able to identify the shooter or the passenger in the vehicle. On the same day, a school bus had some windows shot out by someone with a...

Vehicular Manslaughter

Vehicular manslaughter is defined as the causing of another person’s death due to illegal driving of a vehicle. An example of vehicular manslaughter may include reckless driving situations, resulting in the death of a passenger. In these cases, the driver would then be charged with vehicular manslaughter. Vehicular manslaughter is operating a vehicle in the commission of an unlawful act not amounting...