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THE DWI COUNTS WERE INCLUSORY CONCURRENT COUNTS OF VEHICULAR MANSLAUGHTER WHICH MUST BE DISMISSED AS A MATTER OF LAW (FOURTH DEPT).

The Fourth Department noted that DWI is an inclusory concurrent count of vehicular manslaughter:

… [T]he DWI counts of which defendant was convicted are inclusory concurrent counts of vehicular manslaughter in the second degree , reconsideration . Thus, those DWI counts must be dismissed as a matter of law … . People v Conklin, 2021 NY Slip Op 06246, Fourth Dept 11-12-21

 

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