People v. Gee

This is an appeal from a conviction in a bench tidal of the misdemeanor offense of leaving the scene of an accident involving personal injuries in violation of section 11—401(a) of the Vehicle Code (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 95½, sec. 11—401(a)) and from a sentence imposed of 9 months’ incarceration in the State Penal Farm.

At approximately 1:30 A.M. in Bloomington, Illinois, on August 22, 1971, defendant, Robert Gee, was involved in a hit-and-run incident which resulted in serious personal injuries to Mike Sholty when the latter fell from the bicycle he was riding and was struck by…