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Reckless Endangerment - Tennessee Criminal Law

By Baker Associates

Tennessee criminal defense attorneys assist their clients with reckless endangerment charges in the Knoxville, Sevierville, Pigeon Forge, and the Gatlinburg areas. Each reckless endangerment case in Tennessee will be different. Tennessee criminal defense lawyers understand that their clients usually lacked malicious intent when the charges were brought. A person commits reckless endangerment if he or she recklessly engages in conduct that places, or may place, another person in imminent danger of death or serious bodily injury. To act recklessly is to act with a conscious disregard of the likelihood that the conduct will cause an illegal result. Reckless endangerment is a Class A misdemeanor; however, reckless endangerment committed with a deadly weapon is a Class E felony...continue to full post

Full post as published by Tennessee Criminal Lawyer Blog on January 15, 2008 (boomark / email).