PEOPLE v. McDERMOTT

No. 84-0370.

141 Ill. App.3d 996 (1985)

490 N.E.2d 1293

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GERALD McDERMOTT, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (5th Division).

Modified on denial of rehearing April 4, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick A. Tuite and Mary L. Mikva, both of Patrick A. Tuite, Ltd., of Chicago, for appellant.

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (James M. Eberlin, Joan S. Cherry, Christopher J. Cummings, and Joan E. Disis, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Affirmed in part and reversed and remanded in part.

JUSTICE MURRAY* delivered the opinion of the court:

After a bench trial, defendant, Gerald McDermott, was found guilty of two counts of reckless homicide (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 38, par. 9-3), driving under the influence (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-501), and driving on the wrong side of the roadway (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-701(c)). Defendant...

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