State of Louisiana v. David Leger

Summary

The court held that the evidence was sufficient to prove that Leger's intoxication was a contributing factor in the deaths caused by the highway collision. It interpreted the vehicular-homicide statute as requiring proof of a prohibited degree of intoxication, vehicle-related causation of the deaths, and a link between the intoxication and the killings, but not proof that intoxication was the sole or proximate cause. Applying the sufficiency-of-the-evidence standard, the court vacated the appellate judgment, reinstated the trial judgment, and remanded for consideration of unresolved assignments of error.