PEOPLE v. STEVENS

No. 1-97-1560.

696 N.E.2d 828 (1998)

297 Ill. App.3d 408

231 Ill.Dec. 532

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ladius STEVENS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

June 12, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rita A. Fry, Public Defender of Cook County, Chicago (James S. Jacobs, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for Defendant-Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, Cook County, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellee.


Justice ZWICK delivered the opinion of the court:

The State alleged by way of indictment that defendant, Ladius Stevens, collided with and killed a motorist on May 4, 1994, while he was driving a stolen motor vehicle on the Dan Ryan Expressway. At the time, defendant was attempting to evade police who were chasing him as he drove at a high rate of speed. Defendant was charged with multiple counts of murder, burglary and aggravated possession of a stolen motor vehicle...

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