Commonwealth v. Harrell

LAMBERT, Chief Justice.

This Court granted discretionary review (CR 76.20) to consider whether a defendant may, for a single act involving multiple victims, be convicted of multiple crimes requiring different culpable mental states.

On December 23, 1994, Appellee, Jimmy Harrell, was driving in excess of 50 miles per hour in a 25 mile per hour speed zone when he drove through a stop sign at an intersection. His car collided with a car driven by Kelly Brown. Mr. Brown was seriously injured, and the passenger in the car, Nella Brown, was killed. About one and one-half hours after the collision,…