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	Name:	Pier Pressure -
	Subject:	Interesting Trial
	Date:	9/25/2008 10:37:56 AM

§ 32-5A-192. Violations; homicide; operation of vehicle under the influence
(a) Whoever shall unlawfully and unintentionally cause the death of another person while engaged in the violation of any state law or municipal ordinance applying to the operation or use of a vehicle, or vessel, as defined in Section 33-5-3, or to the regulation of traffic or boating, shall be guilty of homicide when the violation is the proximate cause of the death.

My intrepretation is that his CN was driving while intoxicated. Since if he weren't driving, and intoxicated, he wouldn't have been at the scene to have caused an unintentional death. While this is obviously used in civil actions to defing fault, does it not stand to reason that the text above describes an act which is unlawful, hence criminal? His violation of the law is a proximate cause of death. If he was not driving drunk, there would have been no death?? Please tell me how I am wrong. Are jurrors not advised what a law reads before they decide if someone is guilty?