State v. Thomas

PERRY, Judge.

Karen Renee Thomas was convicted of vehicular manslaughter. The district court sentenced her to a unified term of ten years, with a five-year minimum period of incarceration. Thomas appeals, claiming that the jury was improperly instructed as to the elements of the crime charged.1 We affirm.

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FACTS AND PROCEDURE

On February 5, 1994, Karen Renee Thomas was driving her pickup and was accompanied by her fiance, Ronald Wayne Kearby. An accident occurred and Kearby was fatally injured. A test performed at a local hospital indicated Thomas’s blood alcohol content was .15. Thomas was…