Whitaker v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• concluding that, in light of evidence that Whitaker was keeping up with traffic and following at the same distance as other drivers, the State failed to show that his speed or following distance was a substantial deviation
• considering a collection of cases in which a reckless homicide conviction arising out of motor vehicle collision was reviewed for sufficiency of the evidence
• reversing reckless homicide conviction where tanker-trailer rear-ended a car after speeding slightly
• “Speed may support a reckless homicide conviction, but only greatly excessive speeds, such as twenty or more miles per hour over the posted speed limit, or where inclement weather and poor road conditions render higher speeds greatly unreasonable.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

16 cases in this archive cite this case.

• United States v. Oscar O. Muriel
  Seventh Circuit· 2005-08-11· cited 80×
• Wages v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2007-03-30· cited 33×
• Barber v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2007-04-09· cited 32×
• Gross v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2004-11-12· cited 21×
• Clancy v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2005-06-15· cited 18×
• Howard B. Gutenstein v. State of Indiana
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2016-08-31· cited 11×
• Dylak v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2006-06-06· cited 7×
• Moore v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2006-04-12· cited 6×
• State v. Boadi
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2009-05-13· cited 6×
• Graber v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2006-12-14
• United States v. Muriel, Oscar O.
  Seventh Circuit· 2005-08-11
• Theressa Jones v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2018-03-27
• Alyssa Leigh Shepherd v. State of Indiana
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2020-09-14
• Melvin Lee Weaver v. State of Indiana
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2025-04-10
• Sobirjon Rakhimov v. State of Indiana
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2025-04-29
• Indianapolis Public Transportation Corporation d/b/a IndyGo Public Transportation v. Norma Jean Bush, as Personal Rep of the Estate of Michael Rex Fergerson, Dec
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2025-09-15

Cites

17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Love v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2002-01-23· cited 149×
• DeVaney v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1972-11-10· cited 86×
• Beeman v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1953-12-11· cited 59×
• Short v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1991-01-10· cited 51×
• Vuncannon v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1970-06-03· cited 35×
• Nichols v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1992-04-27· cited 34×
• Napier v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1971-02-04· cited 29×
• Warner v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1991-08-29· cited 24×
• People v. Frary
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1976-02-25· cited 15×
• Green v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1995-05-22· cited 13×
• Seibert v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1959-03-17· cited 11×
• Gibbs v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1997-03-21· cited 10×
• Carrigg v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1998-05-04· cited 9×
• Hergenrother v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1981-09-01· cited 9×
• Johnson v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1975-04-29· cited 8×
• Anderson v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2001-03-16· cited 5×
• Harnik v. Astoria Mahogany Co.
  Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York· 1926-04-12· cited 3×