People v. Kroncke
California Court of Appeal
[Opinion certified for partial publication.*]
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
PARRILLI, J.
J.A jury convicted appellant Mark A. Kroncke of failing to stop and report an auto accident (Veh. Code, §§ 20001, 20003),1 a felony, and giving false information to a police officer (Veh. Code, § 31), a misdemeanor.
The principal issue is whether sections 20001 and 20003 require that a driver involved in an injury-producing accident identify himself as the driver, when that is not reasonably apparent. As we shall explain, the pertinent sections do impose such a duty. We further conclude that requiring the driver to inform investigating officers that he or she was the driver…
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