Court of Appeals of Maryland· 4/29/1992

Minor v. State

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605 A.2d 138
326 Md. 436
1992 Md. LEXIS 66

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Noting that, whether the defendant has created the “substantial risk of death or serious physical injury” required under the reckless endangerment statute, “entails an objective assessment of the degree of risk presented by the defendant’s reckless conduct.”
Noting that, whether the defendant has created the “substantial risk of death or serious physical injury” required under the reckless endangerment statute, “entails an objective assessment of the degree of risk presented by the defendant’s reckless conduct.”
analyzing a similar reckless endangerment statute and finding “guilt under the statute does not depend upon whether the accused intended that his reckless conduct create a substantial risk of death or serious injury to another”
“It is the reckless conduct and not the harm caused by the conduct, if any, which the statute was intended to criminalize”
\[G]uilt under the [reckless-endangerment] statute does not depend upon whether the accused intended that his reckless conduct create a substantial risk of death or serious injury to another.\

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Judges: Murphy, Bell

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