PEOPLE v. VAN CURA

No. 72-290.

21 Ill. App.3d 269 (1974)

315 N.E.2d 149

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. RICHARD VAN CURA, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

July 30, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert R. Canfield, of Rockford, for appellant.

Richard L. Caldwell, State's Attorney, of Oregon (Peter J. Woods, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed and sentence vacated.

Mr. JUSTICE SEIDENFELD delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Richard VanCura, was convicted after a bench trial of the offense of following too closely to a fire apparatus responding to a fire. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1411.) In sentencing defendant to a $100 fine and 6 months in jail, the court relied upon the enhanced penalties provided for a third offense within a year as set forth in...

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