State v. Ernesto E. Lazo Villamil

¶ 1. This case examines issues that arise from statutory language that appears to make the offense of causing a death while knowingly operating a motor vehicle after revocation both a felony and a misdemeanor offense. Such an unusual scenario has generated both a petition and cross-petition for review of the court of appeals' decision.

| 2. Petitioner, Ernesto Lazo Villamil (Villamil), seeks review of a court of appeals' decision affirming a circuit court judgment of conviction and order denying his motion for postconviction relief.1

¶ 3. Villamil asserts that the court of appeals erred because…