A driver of a motor vehicle commits Vehicular Homicide if the death of any person ensues within three years as a proximate result of injury proximately caused by the driver's operation of the motor vehicle under any of the following three enumerated circumstances:
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Vehicular Homicide is a class A felony ranked at either seriousness level XI or VII, depending on which of the three enumerated circumstances applies.
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Under state law, felony offenses are categorized as either violent or nonviolent.? A felony offense may also be designated as a most serious offense (sometimes referred to as a "strike offense"). ?If a person is convicted of a most serious offense and has at least two prior and separate convictions for most serious offenses, the person is considered a persistent offender and must be sentenced to life in prison.? Any class A felony is categorically both a violent offense and a most serious offense.? Additionally, Vehicular Homicide is specifically designated by statute as both a violent offense and a most serious offense if committed while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any drug, or in a reckless manner.??
Vehicular Homicide is specifically designated as both a violent offense and a most serious offense, regardless of which statutorily enumerated circumstance applies to the commission of the offense.