P. v. Cowan CA4/3
While speeding down a busy street one morning, appellant ran a red light and hit a woman and her two children as they were crossing the street. The collision killed one of the children, seriously injured the other two victims and severely damaged appellant’s car. Despite this, appellant did not pull over until another motorist chased her down and blocked her car. Appellant told the police she had not been drinking that day, but her blood alcohol content (BAC) was three times the legal limit. She was ultimately convicted of multiple crimes, including implied malice murder and hit and run. On appeal, she challenges her convictions for those offenses on the grounds there is insufficient evidence she acted with conscious disregard for human life or that she realized she had struck the victims. She also contends her statements to the police should have been suppressed as being involuntary, and the exclusion of certain statistical evidence rendered her trial unfair. We reject appell
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