What is the purpose of the 1945 amendment to the California Vehicle Accident Act?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Romero, F073680 (Cal. App. 2018):

Defendant asserts the purpose of the 1945 amendment was to ensure that vehicular homicides would be prosecuted under the then-new vehicular manslaughter statute instead of murder, except where the defendant's conduct fell within a felony-murder theory. (See, e.g., People v. Calzada (1970) 13 Cal.App.3d 603, 605-607.)

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