People v. Farris

Defendant was found guilty by a jury in the circuit court of Coles County of two offenses of reckless homicide in violation of section 9— 3(a) of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 38, par. 9— 3(a)), and one offense of failure to report an accident resulting in personal injuries in violation of section 11 — 401(b) of the Illinois Vehicle Code (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 95½, par. 11 — 401(b)). He was sentenced to two concurrent terms of 1 to 3 years’ imprisonment. This appeal followed. We affirm.

In the late evening hours of October 21,1977, on North 33rd Street in Mattoon,…