A basis for a manslaughter charge is causing the death of another person while eluding the police. The State must prove the following, beyond a reasonable doubt, to convict someone for this form of manslaughter:
- That the victim’s death would not have occurred without the commission of the crime of eluding; and
- That the victim’s death was a probable consequence of the commission of the crime of eluding.
For the court to consider a victim’s death as a “probable consequence” of the crime of eluding, the death must not have been too remote, or too accidental in its occurrence.
