Ohio Revised Code

Ohio Rev. Code § 2903.041 (2026)

Reckless homicide

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(A) No person shall recklessly cause the death of another or the unlawful termination of another's pregnancy.

(B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of reckless homicide, a felony of the third degree.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 102 cases (34 in the last 5 years), 2002–2026 · leading case: State v. Trimble, 2009 Ohio 2961 (Ohio 2009).
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State v. Trimble, 2009 Ohio 2961 (Ohio 2009). · cites it 4× “” {¶ 189} R.C. 2903.041, the reckless homicide statute, provides: “(A) No person shall recklessly cause the death of another * * *.”
State v. Smith (Slip Opinion), 2022 Ohio 274 (Ohio 2022). · cites it 3× “For example, under this statutory language, an adult court could accept a plea to reckless homicide, R.C. 2903.041, on a transferred felony-murder charge, R.”
State v. Owens (Slip Opinion), 2020 Ohio 4616 (Ohio 2020). · cites it 2× “02(B), has no mens rea requirement in regard to the death of a victim and reckless homicide, R.C. 2903.041, has a mens rea of recklessness, reckless homicide is not a lesser included offense of felony murder.”
State v. Patterson, 2015 Ohio 4423 (Ohio Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 5× “” R.C. 2903.041. The State had predicated the original charge, Involuntary Manslaughter, on the commission of either Trafficking in Heroin or Corrupting Another with Drugs as predicate offenses.”
State v. Howse, 2012 Ohio 6106 (Ohio Ct. App. 2012). · cites it 6× “Nonetheless, a jury convicted Appellant of reckless homicide in violation of R.C. 2903.041, a felony of the third degree, and tampering with evidence, in violation of R.”
State v. Blair, 2021 Ohio 266 (Ohio Ct. App. 2021). · cites it 7× “Pursuant to the agreement, on December 20, 2018, the State issued a bill of information charging Blair with one count of reckless homicide in violation of R.C. 2903.041(A), a third- degree felony.”
State v. Hypes, 2019 Ohio 4096 (Ohio Ct. App. 2019). · cites it 4× “{¶ 7} On October 11, 2018, the jury found Hypes guilty of felony murder and -4- felonious assault; it found him not guilty of murder but guilty of the lesser-included offense of reckless homicide, in violation of R.C. 2903.041(A). The jury also found him guilty of the firearms…”
State v. Moore, 2019 Ohio 3705 (Ohio Ct. App. 2019). · cites it 2× “04(B) and (C), a third degree felony, (6) reckless homicide, in violation of R.C. 2903.041(A) and (B), a third degree felony, and (7) aggravated vehicular homicide, in violation of R.”
State v. Miree, 2022 Ohio 3664 (Ohio Ct. App. 2022). · cites it 2× “04(B) (with reckless assault as the predicate offense) as a lesser included offense of felony murder (with felonious assault as the predicate offense) as charged in Count 2 and first-degree felony involuntary manslaughter (with felonious assault as the predicate offense) as…”
State v. Bundy, 2012 Ohio 3934 (Ohio Ct. App. 2012). · cites it 2× “” {¶ 23} On October 28, 2010, the jury (1) found appellant not guilty of murder, but guilty of the lesser included offense of reckless homicide, in violation of R.C. 2903.041; (2) found that appellant committed the offense with a firearm on or about his person or under his…”
State v. Erby, 2018 Ohio 3695 (Ohio Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 2× “On February 23, 2017, Erby was indicted on one third-degree felony count of reckless homicide in violation of R.C. 2903.041, with a firearm specification; one third-degree felony count of tampering with evidence in violation of R.”
State v. Majid, 2012 Ohio 1192 (Ohio Ct. App. 2012). · cites it 2× “{¶77} At trial, appellant requested that the trial court instruct the jury on reckless homicide in violation of R.C. 2903.041, negligent homicide in violation of R.”
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— Ohio Rev. Code § 2903.041(A) — 58 cases
State v. Blair, 2021 Ohio 266 (Ohio Ct. App. 2021). “Pursuant to the agreement, on December 20, 2018, the State issued a bill of information charging Blair with one count of reckless homicide in violation of R.C. 2903.041(A), a third- degree felony.”
State v. Patterson, 2015 Ohio 4423 (Ohio Ct. App. 2015). “” R.C. 2903.041. The State had predicated the original charge, Involuntary Manslaughter, on the commission of either Trafficking in Heroin or Corrupting Another with Drugs as predicate offenses.”
State v. Hypes, 2019 Ohio 4096 (Ohio Ct. App. 2019). “{¶ 7} On October 11, 2018, the jury found Hypes guilty of felony murder and -4- felonious assault; it found him not guilty of murder but guilty of the lesser-included offense of reckless homicide, in violation of R.C. 2903.041(A). The jury also found him guilty of the firearms…”
State v. Howse, 2012 Ohio 6106 (Ohio Ct. App. 2012). “Nonetheless, a jury convicted Appellant of reckless homicide in violation of R.C. 2903.041, a felony of the third degree, and tampering with evidence, in violation of R.”
State v. Moore, 2019 Ohio 3705 (Ohio Ct. App. 2019). “04(B) and (C), a third degree felony, (6) reckless homicide, in violation of R.C. 2903.041(A) and (B), a third degree felony, and (7) aggravated vehicular homicide, in violation of R.”
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2903.041(A)(1) — 1 case
State v. Godfrey, 907 N.E.2d 1230 (Ohio Ct. App. 2009).
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2903.041(B) — 2 cases
State v. English, 2014 Ohio 89 (Ohio Ct. App. 2014).
State v. Hipshire, 2011 Ohio 3863 (Ohio Ct. App. 2011).
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