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Ind. Code § 35-42-2-2

Criminal recklessness

Applied in 153 court decisions — leading case 139 S. Ct. 2319 - United States v. Davis (2019)

Most recently applied in Jesse L. Smith v. State of Indiana (July 2019)

As added by Acts 1976, P.L.148, SEC.2

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Sec. 2. (a) A person who recklessly, knowingly, or intentionally performs an act that creates a substantial risk of bodily injury to another person commits criminal recklessness. Except as provided in subsection (b), criminal recklessness is a Class A misdemeanor.

(b) The offense of criminal recklessness as defined in subsection (a) is:

(1) a Level 6 felony if:

(A) it is committed while armed with a deadly weapon; or

(B) the person committed aggressive driving (as defined in IC 9-21-8-55) that results in serious bodily injury to another person; or

(2) a Level 5 felony if:

(A) it is committed by shooting a firearm into an occupied motor vehicle, an inhabited dwelling, or another building or place where people are likely to be present; or

(B) the person committed aggressive driving (as defined in IC 9-21-8-55) that results in the death or catastrophic injury of another person.

(c) A person who:

(1) is a passenger in a vehicle whose operator has committed an offense under subsection (a) or (b); and

(2) points a firearm at another person, a motor vehicle, a dwelling, or another building or place where people are likely to be present;

commits criminal recklessness, a Level 6 felony. It is not a defense to a prosecution under this section that the operator of the motor vehicle has not been charged with or convicted of an offense under this section.

Official source: Indiana General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Indiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.