PEOPLE v. BUCKLEY

No. 3-93-0858.

668 N.E.2d 1082 (1996)

282 Ill. App.3d 81

218 Ill.Dec. 250

PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Christine BUCKLEY, n/k/a Christine Wolfe, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

July 17, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph N. Ehmann (argued), Ottawa, IL, for Christine Buckley, n/k/a Christine Wolfe.

John X. Breslin, Deputy Director, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, IL, Mr. Ted J. Hamer, Henry County State's Attorney, Cambridge, IL, Mr. Terry A. Mertel (argued), States' Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, IL, for People.


Presiding Justice HOLDRIDGE delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Christine Buckley, n/k/a Christine Wolfe, was charged by indictment with the offense of involuntary manslaughter (720 ILCS 5/9-3(a) (West 1992)). The indictment alleged that the defendant acted recklessly and in a manner likely to cause death or great bodily harm when she gave a generic form of Dimetapp (a nonprescription decongestant) to her 12 month old daughter, Taylor Buckley, in an...

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