TAMPA CRIMINAL BLOG: Man Accused Of Texting In Fatal Crash Faces Manslaughter Charge
A judge in California is allowing prosecutors to move forward with a charge of manslaughter against a man who is accused of killing a pedestrian due to being distracted while texting. An Associated Press story on the Bradenton Herald website reports that Martin Kuehl is facing manslaughter charges after he struck and killed an Orange County woman who was crossing at a crosswalk.
Kuehl is facing up to nine years in prison on the charges that his defense attorney tried to have reduced to a misdemeanor. The judge, while noting that the defendant was not texting at the exact time of the accident, he did have his cell phone in his hand and prior to the crash had been texting back-and-forth. He will now stand trial for gross vehicular manslaughter as the judge ruled the accident was caused by more than ordinary carelessness.
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