Arizona Negligent Homicide

Prison

What is Negligent Homicide?

A person commits negligent homicide if with criminal negligence the person causes the death of another person.

"Criminal negligence" means, with respect to a result or to a circumstance, that a person fails to perceive a substantial and unjustifiable risk that the result will occur or that the circumstance exists. The risk must be of such nature and degree that the failure to perceive it constitutes a gross deviation from the standard of care that a reasonable person would observe in the situation.

What Are The Penalties for Negligent Homicide?

Manslaughter is punishable as a Class 4 Felony.

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