If a defendant uses a deadly weapon, it permits the inference that the defendant’s purpose was to take life or cause serious bodily injury resulting in death. A deadly weapon is any firearm or other weapon, device, instrument, material, or substance, that if used as intended, is known to be…
A basis for a manslaughter charge is causing the death of another person while eluding the police. The State must prove the following, beyond a reasonable doubt, to convict someone for this form of manslaughter: That the victim’s death would not have occurred without the commission of the crime of…
