State v. Daniels

Summary

The court held that the defendant’s intentional manslaughter conviction could be reinstated after it had been vacated to avoid potential cumulative punishment, because that conviction was not affected by the inconsistency between the reckless manslaughter and criminally negligent operation convictions. It further held that intentional manslaughter was not legally inconsistent with either of those offenses because the respective mental states concerned different statutory objectives. The court therefore ordered reinstatement and resentencing while leaving the vacatur of the reckless manslaughter and criminally negligent operation convictions intact.