Intoxication Manslaughter involves the death of a person in what circumstance?

• A. Requires Intent to Kill
• B. Requires Death of Another by Accident or Mistake While Intoxicated
• C. Requires Use of a Weapon
• D. Involves Only Property Damage

Answer: (B)

Intoxication manslaughter requires that a death of another person occur while the offender is intoxicated, and the death happens by accident or mistake rather than by an intentional plan to kill. The emphasis is on the combination of being intoxicated at the time and the fatal outcome happening unintentionally, such as a drunk driver causing a fatal crash. It doesn’t require the use of a weapon, and it doesn’t involve only property damage—the defining factor is a death resulting from intoxication without intent to kill.