State v. Sumerlin

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that “another person” put at risk of injury by the defendant was a victim for purposes of the reckless endangerment statute
• comparing statutory elements of reckless endangering and reckless driving and concluding that each offense requires proof of an element that the other does not
• examination of text and context ended the inquiry but court nevertheless noted that legislative history also supported text and context reading
• even though the court did not need to resort to legislative history, the court noted that the legislative history supported its conclusion
• even though the court did not need to resort to legislative history, the court noted that the legislative history supported its conclusion
• a disposition exceeds the maximum allowed by law if it is not imposed consistently with statutory requirements

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).