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Homicide - Aggravated Vehicular Homicide - Tennessee Law

By Baker Associates

The criminal defense attorneys at Baker Associates have successfully represented individuals charged with homicide offenses in Tennessee. Criminal homicide is the unlawful killing of another person. Under Tennessee law, criminal homicide is broken down into seven classifications: First Degree Murder, Second Degree Murder, Voluntary Manslaughter, Reckless Homicide, Criminally Negligent Homicide, Assisted Suicide, and Vehicular Homicide. Tennessee Code Annotated § 39-13-218 defines Vehicular Homicide as the reckless killing of another by the operation of an automobile, airplane, motorboat or other motor vehicle, as the proximate result of the driver's alcohol or drug intoxication where: (1) The defendant has two (2) or more prior convictions for: (A) Driving Under the Influence of an intoxicant; (B) Vehicular Assault; or (C) Any combination of such offenses; (2) The defendant has one (1) or more prior convictions for the offense of Vehicular Homicide; or (3) There was, at the time of the offense, twenty-hundredths of one percent (...continue to full post

Full post as published by Tennessee Criminal Lawyer Blog on December 05, 2008 (boomark / email).