Dawes v. State

OPINION

Appellant Emory Todd Dawes was charged as a principal to involuntary manslaughter for the death of Jennifer Gail Swett. Swett died when a truck driven by Dawes’ friend, Kevin Neil Jenkins, forced the car in which Swett was riding as a passenger off the road and into a ditch. Dawes and Jenkins were allegedly racing when the oncoming car containing Swett swerved into the ditch to avoid a head-on collision. Dawes’ charge of principal to involuntary manslaughter, stemming from this accident killing Swett, was based upon reckless driving in violation of NRS 484.377, Nevada’s “anti-racing”…