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Vaughan and Sons v. State
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
737 S.W.2d 805 (1987)
Facts
Two employees of Vaughan and Sons, Inc. (Vaughan) (defendant) were involved in a car accident resulting in the death of two individuals. Vaughan was charged with criminally negligent homicide. Vaughan moved to have the information set aside on the ground that a corporation could not be liable for a crime. The trial court denied the motion, and Vaughan was convicted as charged. The court of appeals reversed, finding that there was no plain legislative intent to subject corporations to liability for criminally negligent homicide. The prosecution appealed.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Onion, J.)
Dissent (Teague, J.)
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