State v. Salas

The State of Washington seeks review of a decision of the Court of Appeals, Division Three, which reversed and remanded for a new trial Appellant Efrain Salas’ 1 conviction in the Grant County Superior Court for vehicular homicide under RCW 46.61.520. We granted review. We reverse.

Questions Presented

The first question presented is whether the trial court properly instructed the jury to find Appellant Efrain Salas’ intoxication a proximate cause of the victim’s death, and whether erroneous and misleading instructions deprived Appellant of his due process right to a fair trial. The second…