A person is guilty of criminally negligent homicide when, with criminal negligence, the person causes the death of another person.

Attorney's Note

Under the Delaware Code, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Class D felonyup to 8 years
For details, see Del. Code Ann.tit. 11, § 4205

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Criminally negligent homicide is a class D felony.

11 Del. C. 1953, § ?631; 58 Del. Laws, c. 497, § ?1; 67 Del. Laws, c. 130, § ?8; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1; 78 Del. Laws, c. 168, § ?5;