Sec. 5. A person who recklessly kills another human being commits reckless homicide, a Level 5 felony.
Ind. Code § 35-42-1-5
Reckless homicide
Applied in 69 court decisions — leading case Wright v. State (1995)
Most recently applied in Racxon Cruze McDowell v. State of Indiana (May 2018)
As added by Acts 1976, P.L.148, SEC.2
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