Supreme Court of Illinois

Section 9-3(b) of the Criminal Code of 1961 creates an unconstitutional mandatory presumption of recklessness, but may be severed from the remainder of the reckless homicide statute.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/24/2003
• Published 03/05/2003

Judges

• Justice GARMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Court

• Supreme Court of Illinois

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Springfield, Jeff Tomczak, State's Attorney, Joliet (Joel D. Bertocchi, Solicitor General, William L. Browers, Russell K. Benton, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, and Norbert J. Goetten, John X. Breslin, Rita Kennedy Mertel, Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, of counsel), for the People., Renee Goldfarb, Kenneth T. McCurry, John E. Nowak, Assistant State's Attorneys, Chicago, for amicus curiae Richard A. Devine, Cook County State's Attorney.


• For Appellees:
  
• Robert Agostinelli, Deputy Defender, Carrie B. Marche, Assistant Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Ottawa, for appellee.