Reckless endangerment in the first degree: Class A misdemeanor
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case 85 Md. App. 305 - Minor v. State (1991)
Most recently applied in 39 F. Supp. 3d 218 - Yorzinski v. Imbert (August 2014)
(1969, P.A. 828, S. 64.)
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
(a) A person is guilty of reckless endangerment in the first degree when, with extreme indifference to human life, he recklessly engages in conduct which creates a risk of serious physical injury to another person.
(b) Reckless endangerment in the first degree is a class A misdemeanor.
Official source: Connecticut General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Connecticut statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.