PEOPLE v. RITZERT

No. 72-338.

17 Ill. App.3d 791 (1974)

308 N.E.2d 636

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JOHN D. RITZERT, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

March 8, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William I. Caldwell, Jr., of Caldwell, Berner & Caldwell, of Woodstock, for appellant.

William J. Cowlin, State's Attorney, of Woodstock (Haskell M. Pitluck, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment reversed; cause remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE THOMAS J. MORAN delivered the opinion of the court:

After a jury found the defendant, John Ritzert, guilty of driving while intoxicated, his driving privileges were revoked and he was fined $350, plus costs of $53.40.

For purpose of decision, we consider only one assigned error — the trial court's allowing the jury to separate during deliberations.

At 4:50 P.M., the jury retired to consider...

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