In Chapter 8 you are reading about 'murder'. This discussion topic asked you to read about this misdemeanor manslaughter case and then offer your opinion to a question at the end.

A Oklahoma statute provides that A homicide is misdemeanor manslaughter when it is perpetrated without a design to effect death by a person engaged in the commission of a misdemeanor.

Mr. Ceasar struck and killed a pedestrian and injured another pedestrian, both of whom were crossing the street. Cesar's license had been revoked 3 years earlier as a result of a conviction for narcotics possession.

The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals ruled that the question is whether the underlying misdemeanor is causally related to the decedent's death.

QUESTION: Would you find Ceasar guilty of misdemeanor manslaughter?