PEOPLE v. BRECHON

No. 78-210.

72 Ill. App.3d 178 (1979)

390 N.E.2d 626

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JOSEPH BRECHON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Third District.

Opinion filed May 24, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Agostinelli and G. Joseph Weller, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Ottawa, for appellant.

C.J. Hollerich, State's Attorney, of Princeton (John X. Breslin, Joseph A. Mueller, and Rita F. Kennedy, all of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE BARRY delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Joseph Brechon, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter following a jury trial in the Circuit Court of Bureau County. He was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of from one to three years. On appeal defendant has presented two issues, namely, whether he was improperly found guilty of involuntary manslaughter where the State's evidence as to the cause of death was allegedly...

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