State v. Jenkins

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Brazil, J.:

Michael Jenkins appeals his jury conviction of two counts of involuntary manslaughter and one count of making false information following a traffic collision on August 19, 1999, involving two fatalities. While initially charged with two counts of second-degree murder and two counts of making false information, the juiy settled on the lesser included offense of involuntary manslaughter. The State’s theory at trial was that Jenkins recklessly drove the day of the collision, knowing his propensity for epileptic seizures would endanger other…