ALBANY – Extreme intoxication does not excuse drivers from prosecution for depraved indifference murder, a divided state Court of Appeals concluded Thursday.
The court’s 5-2 majority upheld the murder convictions of two drunken drivers and one impaired driver for triggering catastrophic accidents. In two cases, defendants ignored repeated warnings from other drivers as they speeded in the wrong directions on parkways.
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