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State v. Williams

Citations

  • 126 S.W.3d 377
  • 2004 WL 51793

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that because the definition of ACA does not expressly state a culpable mental state and a culpable mental state is required, ACA requires a culpable mental state of acting “purposely” or “knowingly”
  • holding that a vehicle can be a dangerous instrument
  • a car can be a dangerous instrument when it is used to run into a pedestrian
  • “Williams knowingly employed his car as a dangerous instrument” when he “drove toward [victim], striking her and causing her to be thrown onto the hood of the car.”
  • defendant knowingly used his car as dangerous instrument

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Judges: Michael A. Wolff

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