State v. Hofer

OPINION

SHUMAKER, Judge.

After a bench trial, the court found appellant guilty of criminal vehicular homicide and leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death.

Appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to prove that he caused the accident that resulted in the decedent’s death. He contends that the decedent’s negligent conduct was an intervening, superseding cause of the accident.

FACTS

Fifteen-year-old Melissa Dudero was a passenger on a bus traveling south along Rice Street in St. Paul. The bus stopped at the Geranium intersection and Ms. Dudero got off. She crossed in front of…