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PEOPLE v. SHACKLES

No. 12746.

44 Ill. App.3d 1024 (1977)

358 N.E.2d 1329

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JAMES SHACKLES, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Rehearing denied February 4, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Wilson and Thomas Nelson, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Springfield, for appellant.

Paul L. Stone, State's Attorney, of Sullivan (G. Michael Prall and Stephen M. Deitsch, both of Illinois State's Attorneys Association, of counsel), for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE TRAPP delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant appeals his conviction of involuntary manslaughter (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 38, par. 9-3(a)), upon a jury verdict and a sentence of one to three years.

A single count indictment charged that defendant caused the death of Roscoe Kercheval by driving his automobile in a reckless manner into the lane of traffic of decedent's oncoming car so that the vehicles collided...

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