STATE v. HOFER

No. C1-99-1106.

614 N.W.2d 734 (2000)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Scott Douglas HOFER, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

June 13, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mike Hatch, Attorney General, Susan Gaertner, Ramsey County Attorney, Mark Nathan Lystig, Assistant County Attorney, St. Paul, for respondent.

John M. Stuart, State Public Defender, Robert Waterman, Special Assistant State Public Defender, Roseville, for appellant.

Considered and decided by SCHUMACHER, Presiding Judge, HARTEN, Judge, SHUMAKER, Judge.


OPINION

SHUMAKER, Judge.

After a bench trial, the court found appellant guilty of criminal vehicular homicide and leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death.

Appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to prove that he caused the accident that resulted in the decedent's death. He contends that the decedent's negligent conduct was an intervening, superseding cause of the accident.

FACTS

Fifteen-year-old Melissa...

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