Late one evening, Charlie is driving his automobile home from a New Year's Eve party. He is severely intoxicated. Charlie drives his car southbound onto the northbound lane of a divided highway
In less than a quarter of a mile, he strikes another vehicle head-on. The other driver is killed instantly. Police arrest Charlie at the scene. Under the American System of Classification of criminal homicide, Charlie has committed:
A) second degree murder. B) involuntary manslaughter.
C) murder by motor vehicle. D) vehicular homicide.
B
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