PEOPLE v. MENDOZA

No. 1-03-2059.

821 N.E.2d 740 (2004)

354 Ill. App.3d 621

290 Ill.Dec. 428

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Pablo MENDOZA, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

Rehearing Denied February 1, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Brent Pennington, Assistant Appellate Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, for Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney of Cook County, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, Jon Walters, Dennis Dwyer, of counsel), for Appellee.


Justice SOUTH delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial, defendant, Pablo Mendoza, was convicted of reckless homicide, reckless homicide of an unborn child, and aggravated fleeing and attempting to elude a police officer. He was then sentenced to 24 years' imprisonment. On appeal, defendant contends that his conviction must be reversed because the trial court relied on a mandatory statutory presumption in effect at the time of trial that has since...

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