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re: Jeanerette cop dies in chase while not wearing seatbelt - Manslaughter charges

Posted on 4/14/15 at 2:34 pm to
Posted by Indigold
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2013
1702 posts
Posted on 4/14/15 at 2:34 pm to
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Well the death is a result of the suspect fleeing.

But not a direct result, so manslaughter won't stick
Posted by boom roasted
Member since Sep 2010
28039 posts
Posted on 4/14/15 at 2:37 pm to
§31. Manslaughter
A. Manslaughter is:
(1) A homicide which would be murder under either Article 30 (first degree murder) or Article 30.1 (second degree murder), but the offense is committed in sudden passion or heat of blood immediately caused by provocation sufficient to deprive an average person of his self-control and cool reflection. Provocation shall not reduce a homicide to manslaughter if the jury finds that the offender's blood had actually cooled, or that an average person's blood would have cooled, at the time the offense was committed; or
(2) A homicide committed, without any intent to cause death or great bodily harm.
(a) When the offender is engaged in the perpetration or attempted perpetration of any felony not enumerated in Article 30 or 30.1, or of any intentional misdemeanor directly affecting the person; or
(b) When the offender is resisting lawful arrest by means, or in a manner, not inherently dangerous, and the circumstances are such that the killing would not be murder under Article 30 or 30.1.
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