Anthony John Falangetti Law Blog

California recognizes and punishes four types of vehicular manslaughter:

1.    Vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, with gross negligence. Conviction leads to up to one year in county jail, or four, six or ten years in state prison, depending on whether prior convictions or a criminal record is present.  With one or more priors of this or certain other vehicular... Read More

Throughout the country, crime rates in general have declined over the past few years.  In California and Los Angeles in particular, homicide rates dropped substantially since the mid-1990s—in fact, the homicide rate in L.A. was lower in 2010 than at any other point in the past four decades.  Currently, the homicide rate is about 7.5 per 100,000 residents, or fewer than Read More