PEOPLE v. THOMAS

No. 1-94-0797.

660 N.E.2d 184 (1995)

277 Ill.App.3d 214

213 Ill.Dec. 927

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Brenda THOMAS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

Rehearing Denied January 19, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Public Defender of Cook County, Chicago (Eileen T. Pahl, of counsel), for Appellant.

Jack O'Malley, State's Attorney, County of Cook, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, James E. Fitzgerald, Janet C. Mahoney, of counsel), for Appellee.


Justice CERDA delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial, defendant, Brenda Thomas, was convicted of reckless homicide (720 ILCS 5/9-3(a) (West 1992)) and failure to report an accident (625 ILCS 5/11-401(b) (West 1992)). She was sentenced to concurrent extended terms of eight years' imprisonment for reckless homicide and five years' imprisonment for failure to report an accident. On appeal, defendant asserts that (1) she was substantially prejudiced...

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