People v. Valdez

Opinion

MOORE, J.

In a prosecution for violation of Vehicle Code 1 section 20001, subdivision (a), commonly referred to as a hit and run but more accurately described as fleeing the scene of an injury accident, will the injuries suffered in the accident and not aggravated in any manner by defendant’s failure to thereafter stop and render assistance support a Penal Code section 12022.7, subdivision (a) great bodily injury enhancement? That Penal Code section requires infliction of great bodily injury in the “commission of a felony or attempted felony.” The existence of an injury suffered in a…