Jack and Jill are out on the lake late on a Saturday afternoon. Both are drinking beer and enjoying themselves. Around sundown Jill decides she wants to go waterskiing. Jack starts their boat and Jill begins skiing behind
After about ten minutes of skiing, Jack reaches for another beer from his ice chest. Jack's level of intoxication causes him to fall out of the seat and onto the floor of the boot. At that moment his craft crashes into a fishing boat, which he had not seen. The two fishermen are knocked overboard. One safely swims to shore but the other drowns. Jill is unharmed. Subsequent investigation reveals that both Jack and Jill's BAC exceeds 0.08. The most serious offense, if any, Jack has committed is:
A) intoxication manslaughter. B) no offense because the collision was an accident.
C) public intoxication. D) boating while intoxicated.
A
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