MT · jury_instructions
Mont. Crim. Jury Instr. 2-105 (2022)
Negligently
A person acts negligently when an act is done with a conscious disregard of the risk, or when the person should be aware of the risk by [here insert applicable conduct related to the case].
The risk must be of a nature and degree that to disregard it involves a gross deviation from the standard of conduct that a reasonable person would observe in the actor's situation. "Gross deviation" means a deviation that is considerably greater than lack of ordinary care.
Provenance
- Source
- courts.mt.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- 2009
- Content hash
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