People v. Shakirov

Defendant was driving a semi-tractor trailer when he collided with several emergency vehicles responding to an earlier accident, and collision caused death of a volunteer firefighter. Defendant was convicted, after jury trial, of reckless homicide. State failed to prove Defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, and State failed to present any evidence showing that Defendant was in conscious disregard of anything.State was required to, but failed to prove that defendant consciously disregarded the danger posed by the icy road conditions and, in so doing, engaged in conduct that represented a gross deviation from established norms society expects reasonable persons to undertake given those circumstances.(HOLDER WHITE and POPE, concurring.)