People v. Baney

Edward Baney, defendant, was found guilty of the offense of first degree murder (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 38, par. 9 — 1) by a general verdict entered by a jury. He was sentenced to a term of 25 years’ imprisonment. The sole issue on appeal is whether the jury should have been given an instruction on the offense of reckless conduct. For the following reasons, we affirm.

In the early afternoon of January 27, 1990, defendant, age 16, drove his friends Christopher Ster, age 17, and Richard Ster, age 15, to the North Suburban Library in Loves Park, Illinois. On the ride to the library Christopher…