People v. Hood

Docket No. 97486–Agenda 16–September 2004.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. FREDERICK E. HOOD, Appellee.

Opinion filed December 2, 2004.

Following a jury trial in Macoupin County, defendant Frederick Hood was convicted of illegal transportation of alcohol (625 ILCS 5/11–502(a) (West 2000)), failure to yield to a pedestrian in the crosswalk (625 ILCS 5/11–1002(a) (West 2000)), and reckless homicide (720 ILCS 5/9–3(a) (West 2000)), and sentenced to three years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. Defendant appealed, arguing in relevant part that the trial court erred by…