PEOPLE v. BRAKE

No. 2-01-1231.

783 N.E.2d 1084 (2003)

336 Ill. App.3d 464

270 Ill.Dec. 784

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jason T. BRAKE, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

January 27, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Joseph Weller, Deputy Defender (Court-appointed), Office of the State Appellate Defender, Elgin, Elaine R. Sofferman (Court-appointed), Wiegman & Farmer, Somonauk, for Jason T. Brake.

Joseph E. Birkett, Du Page County State's Attorney, Wheaton, Martin P. Moltz, Deputy Director, Marshall M. Stevens, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Elgin, for the People.


Justice O'MALLEY delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Jason T. Brake, appeals his conviction for obstructing justice (720 ILCS 5/31-4(a) (West 2000)), contending that the State failed to prove him guilty of that offense beyond a reasonable doubt. We affirm.

On September 6, 2000, defendant was driving his father's car when he was stopped for driving a car with only one working headlight and having a cracked windshield. Upon approaching defendant,...

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