PEOPLE v. CLARK

No. 44058.

50 Ill.2d 292 (1972)

278 N.E.2d 782

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. GARY L. CLARK, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 28, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

CANFIELD, CANFIELD, FRANKS, WYLDE & HOAD, of Rockford, and LEAHY & KLEIN, of Chicago, (ROBERT R. CANFIELD and MARY LEE LEAHY, of counsel,) for appellant.

WILLIAM J. SCOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and JOHN B. ROE, State's Attorney, of Oregon, (THOMAS J. IMMEL and FRED G. LEACH, Assistant Attorneys General, and WILLIAM H. SNIVELY, Special Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel,) for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant Gary L. Clark and Tobie M. Grover were separately indicted by the Ogle County grand jury for the crime of reckless homicide. The trial court granted, over both defendants' objections, the State's motion to join the two cases in a single trial, and subsequently denied the defendants' motions for severance. A jury found...

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