PEOPLE v. PODHRASKY

No. 5-88-0024.

197 Ill. App.3d 349 (1990)

554 N.E.2d 578

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. FRANK J. PODHRASKY, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed April 16, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel M. Kirwan and Larry R. Wells, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Mt. Vernon, for appellant.

John Baricevic, State's Attorney, of Belleville (Kenneth R. Boyle, Stephen E. Norris, and Raymond F. Buckley, Jr., all of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.


Affirmed in part and reversed in part.

JUSTICE HOWERTON delivered the opinion of the court:

We reverse defendant's jury conviction of reckless driving and affirm his convictions of improper passing and aggravated assault.

Defendant passed cars on the right shoulder of a two-lane highway so fast that rocks were thrown onto other cars, then weaved left, across the center line, and passed a car in a no-passing zone while approaching the crest of a hill...

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