California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Williams, A148087 (Cal. App. 2017):
a felony where "the pursued vehicle is driven in a willful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property." Willful or wanton disregard includes, but is not limited to, "driving while fleeing or attempting to elude a pursuing peace officer during which time either three or more violations that are assigned a traffic violation point count under [Vehicle Code] Section 12810 occur, or damage to property occurs." (Id., 2800.2, subd. (b).) The misdemeanor offense is a lesser included offense of the felony. (People v. Springfield (1993) 13 Cal.App.4th 1674, 1679-1680.)
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