PEOPLE v. NESTROCK

No. 2-98-0341.

713 N.E.2d 1269 (1999)

306 Ill. App.3d 216

239 Ill.Dec. 419

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sarah K. NESTROCK, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

Rehearing Denied August 13, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Donahue, Law Offices of Donahue, Sowa & Bugos, Lisle, for Sarah K. Nestrock.

Joseph E. Birkett, Du Page County State's Attorney, Wheaton, Martin P. Moltz, Deputy Director, and Mary Beth Burns, State's Attorney Appellate Prosecutor, Elgin, for the People.


Presiding Justice BOWMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Sarah K. Nestrock, was convicted of reckless homicide (720 ILCS 5/9-3(a) (West 1996)) and subsequently sentenced to concurrent sentences of two years' imprisonment. Nestrock appeals her conviction, contending that she was denied a fair trial because (1) the State made several references to defendant's membership in a social group for gay students, intending to prejudice her in the eyes of the...

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