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Vehicular Manslaughter and the Oscars

By Steven Rodriguez

Screenplay writer Roger Avary is charged with gross vehicular manslaughter and two additional felony counts in connection with a fatal crash.  The author of the screenplays for “Pulp Fiction” and the recent major release “Beowulf” was driving drunk when he killed a passenger and injured his wife in a rural Ojai car crash.Avary, 43, pleaded not guilty in a Ventura courthouse to manslaughter and other charges connected to the Jan. 13 single-car collision. Investigators said Avary was at the wheel of a Mercedes sedan late that night when he failed to make a curve and crashed into a telephone pole. Prosecutors said his blood alcohol level was above the legal limit.  Besides felony manslaughter, Avary faces two felony counts of causing bodily injury while intoxicated, charges that could bring 11 years behind bars...continue to full post

Full post as published by LA Criminal Defense Blog on December 15, 2008 (boomark / email).