Wren v. State

OPINION

BOOCHEVER, Chief Justice.

Re Nae Wren was found guilty by a jury of the crime of negligent homicide in violation of AS 11.15.080.1 She appeals, contending that the trial court erred: (1) by *237refusing to instruct the jury that the negligence of the deceased could be considered in determining whether Wren was culpably negligent; and (2) by denying Wren’s proposed jury instructions regarding proximate cause.2 We affirm.

FACTS

During the foggy early morning hours of August 23, 1975, two cars collided in the vicinity of Clam Gulch, on the Kenai Peninsula. Re Nae Wren was the driver of the…