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PEOPLE v. TAYLOR

No. 3-90-0287.

579 N.E.2d 383 (1991)

219 Ill. App.3d 47

161 Ill.Dec. 835

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Matthew TAYLOR, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

September 6, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy J. Szwed, Gasperec & Szwed, Ltd., Homewood, Stephen Omolecki, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Ottawa, for Matthew Taylor.

Jay Paul Hoffman, Edward Burmila, Jr., Will County State's Atty., Joliet, John X. Breslin, Deputy Director, State's Attys. Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, for People.

Presiding Justice STOUDER delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial, the defendant, Matthew Taylor, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter (Ill.Rev.Stat.1989, ch. 38, par. 9-3). He was subsequently sentenced to a two-year term of imprisonment. He appeals, and we reverse.

The record shows that co-defendants Leon DeRouin and Kevin DeLorenzo dropped several pieces of concrete from the Stuenkel Road overpass, one of which struck a vehicle...

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