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Williams v. State

Facts:

Defendant appealed his convictions and sentences from the Circuit Court in Baltimore (Maryland) for murder in the second degree, manslaughter by motor vehicle, driving under influence (DUI) and leaving the scene of a fatal accident

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Holdings:

The Maryland Court made the following holding:

• The "overall question" to be decided in manslaughter by motor vehicle cases is stated as: was the conduct of defendant, considering all the factors of the case, such that it amounted to a wanton or reckless disregard for human life.
• To drive while simply under the influence, to the extent that one is incapable of safely driving his vehicle, is a direct violation of the law. Md. Ann. Code art. 66 1/2, § 11-902(c). When the degree of inebriation is adjudged to render a driver, not only unsafe under § 11-902(c) or even impaired under Md. Ann. Code art. 66 1/2, § 11-902(b), but beyond the most extreme condition of insobriety recognized by law, i.e., intoxicated under Md. Ann. Code art. 66 1/2, § 11-902(a), one who drives thus incapacitated may be inferred to have disregarded human life both wantonly and recklessly. When death ensues, inferentially or directly attributable to a breach of a duty by appellant, derived from his self-induced condition of intoxication, driving while drunk may be sufficient to raise the cause of death from simple negligence to gross negligence, as a factual determination to be made by the fact finder.

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These summaries are provided by the SRIS Law Group. They represent the firm’s unofficial views of the Justices’ opinions. The original opinions should be consulted for their authoritative content.