CRM/LAW C144 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Russian Roulette, Manhattan, Arson
25 Feb 2016
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People v. acosta court of appeal of california 4 (1991) For arson, there has to be shown that the defendant"s act resulted in the intended act, and consequence. Creating unreasonable risk by driving unsafe, resulting death of a passenger the causation can be attributed to recklessness. Acosta led police officers on a 48 mile long car chase through surface streets in orange county, running lights stop signs, and driving on the wrong side of the road. Helicopters from two agencies were called to assist. While one helicopter was taking over for its jurisdiction both collided resulting in the death of three occupants. An faa expert concluded that the helicopter crashed because of lack of communications, and violations of faa guidelines. Acosta appeals 3 second degree murder convictions citing that there was insufficient evidence for establishing proximate cause of deaths. There was a foreseeable consequence, but the violation of faa guidelines was the cause of the crash.
