United States v. Adam Gardenhire

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that, because laser beams do not operate like normal beams of light, the risk of lasing aircraft is not immediately apparent
• concluding that the defendant's statement to the FBI that he intentionally tried to hit an aircraft with his laser beam did not show that he was aware that, if he hit the jet, as intended, he could blind or distract the pilot
• “Naghani acted in very different circumstances, where the average person would be immediately aware of the consequences of his actions.”
• “Gonzalez’s actions caused total chaos on-board, supporting the logical inference that he was subjectively aware of the risks of his threatening and violent conduct.” (internal quotation marks omitted)
• mentioning knowledge specific to teenagers

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).