What is the test for a jury to determine whether a defendant acted recklessly in a motor vehicle accident?
The following excerpt is from People v. Brown, 17 N.Y.3d 863, 2011 N.Y. Slip Op. 07146, 932 N.Y.S.2d 775, 957 N.E.2d 265 (N.Y. 2011):
A verdict is legally sufficient when, viewing the facts in a light most favorable to the People, there is a valid line of reasoning and permissible inferences from which a rational jury could have found the elements of the crime proved beyond a reasonable doubt ( People v. Danielson, 9 N.Y.3d 342, 349, 849 N.Y.S.2d 480, 880 N.E.2d 1 [2007] [internal quotation marks omitted] ). Applying this standard, we conclude that the People failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that defendant acted recklessly. Penal Law 15.05(3) provides that
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