Is it a felony to willfully or wantonly disregard the safety of persons or property while fleeing from a pursuing police officer?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Arceo, G051957 (Cal. App. 2017):
Vehicle Code section 2800.2, subdivision (a), makes it a felony to willfully or wantonly disregard the safety of persons or property while fleeing from a pursuing police officer. Vehicle Code section 2800.2 is a felony that can be so inherently dangerous to human life a violation will support a second degree felony murder prosecution. (People v. Johnson (1993) 15 Cal.App.4th 169, 173.) The jury was
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