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PEOPLE v. DERR

No. 5-01-0977.

806 N.E.2d 237 (2004)

346 Ill. App.3d 823

282 Ill.Dec. 262

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John DERR, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

February 25, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Gross, St. Louis, MO, for Appellant.

William A. Mudge, Madison County State's Attorney, Edwardsville; Norbert J. Goetten, Director, Stephen E. Norris, Deputy Director, Patrick D. Daly, Staff Attorney, Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Mt. Vernon, for Appellee.

Justice KUEHN delivered the opinion of the court:

Life is short-shorter for some than others.

Dennis Oberbeck's life was cut short on August 14, 1992, at the age of 43, when he succumbed to the kind of trauma that most men can easily survive. Oberbeck's .377 blood-alcohol level at the time of his death might well have proved lethal all by itself. However, the medical examiner who performed the autopsy upon Oberbeck...

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