State v. Ogilvie

Nahmias, Justice.

We granted certiorari in this case to consider whether the Court of Appeals properly stated and applied the law governing accident and proximate cause in a “strict liability” offense. See Ogilvie v. State, 313 Ga. App. 305 (721 SE2d 549) (2012). We conclude that it did not and reverse its judgment.

1. Appellee Shirley Ogilvie struck and killed a seven-year-old boy with her car as she drove through a crosswalk while the child was *7crossing the street.1 Ogilvie was convicted of second degree vehicular homicide, see OCGA § 40-6-393 (c), based on her failure to stop for a…