People v. Kolzow

SIXTH DIVISION

June 28, 2002

No. 1-01-3026

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, ) Appeal from the) Circuit Court of

Plaintiff-Appellee, ) Cook County)))

DONNA KOLZOW, )) Honorable

Defendant-Appellant. ) Themis N. Karnezis,) Judge Presiding.

Following a bench trial, defendant Donna Kolzow was convicted of involuntary manslaughter for the death of her three-month-old son, who died of heat stroke after she left him unattended in a car for several hours. She was sentenced to three years' probation, with the conditions of counseling and six months in Cook County jail. This court affirmed defendant's…