Citations Affected:
IC 35-42-2-2
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Synopsis: Criminal recklessness. Makes criminal recklessness a Class
C felony instead of a Class B misdemeanor if it is committed by
shooting a firearm into an inhabited dwelling or other building or place
where people are likely to gather. (Current law makes criminal
recklessness a Class C felony if it is committed by shooting a firearm
from a vehicle into an inhabited dwelling or other building or place
where people are likely to gather.)
Effective: July 1, 2001.
January 11, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code.
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
criminal law and procedure.
vehicle into an inhabited dwelling or other building or place
where people are likely to gather.
(c) A person who recklessly, knowingly, or intentionally:
(1) inflicts serious bodily injury on another person; or
(2) performs hazing that results in serious bodily injury to a
person;
commits criminal recklessness, a Class D felony. However, the offense
is a Class C felony if committed by means of a deadly weapon.
(d) A person, other than a person who has committed an offense
under this section or a delinquent act that would be an offense under
this section if the violator was an adult, who:
(1) makes a report of hazing in good faith;
(2) participates in good faith in a judicial proceeding resulting
from a report of hazing;
(3) employs a reporting or participating person described in
subdivision (1) or (2); or
(4) supervises a reporting or participating person described in
subdivision (1) or (2);
is not liable for civil damages or criminal penalties that might
otherwise be imposed because of the report or participation.
(e) A person described in subsection (d)(1) or (d)(2) is presumed to
act in good faith.
(f) A person described in subsection (d)(1) or (d)(2) may not be
treated as acting in bad faith solely because the person did not have
probable cause to believe that a person committed:
(1) an offense under this section; or
(2) a delinquent act that would be an offense under this section if
the offender was an adult.