720 ILCS 5/4-6: Recklessness.
Where this section sits in the code
- CHAPTER 720 CRIMINAL OFFENSES
- Criminal Code of 2012.
A person is reckless or acts recklessly when that person consciously disregards a substantial and unjustifiable risk that circumstances exist or that a result will follow, described by the statute defining the offense, and that disregard constitutes a gross deviation from the standard of care that a reasonable person would exercise in the situation. An act performed recklessly is performed wantonly, within the meaning of a statute using the term "wantonly", unless the statute clearly requires another meaning.
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