People v. Abbott

*12OPINION OF THE COURT

SCHNEPP, J.

The issue for determination is whether a participant in a high-speed automobile race on a public highway is subject to criminal liability when another participant’s car is involved in an accident which results in the death of a third person. The charges in this case arose from a two-car accident involving the vehicle of the defendant Mark D. Abbott. The occupants of the other car were killed.

It appears from the facts established at trial that at approximately 1:00 a.m. on January 19, 1980 defendant Paul T. Moon was traveling alone in his car in an easterly…