Indiana Pattern Jury Instructions – Criminal
CHAPTER 3 OFFENSES AGAINST THE PERSON (effective for crimes committed July 1, 2014 or after, unless otherwise noted)

Instruction No. 3.1000.Reckless Homicide.

I.C. 35-42-1-5.

The crime of reckless homicide is defined by law as follows:

A person who recklessly kills another human being commits reckless homicide, a Level 5 felony.

Before you may convict the Defendant, the State must have proved each of the following beyond a reasonable doubt:

1. The Defendant
2. recklessly
3. killed
4. [name].

If the State failed to prove each of these elements beyond a reasonable doubt, you must find the defendant not guilty of reckless homicide, a Level 5 felony, charged in Count __________.

 

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