People v. Boyle

This is an appeal from an order of conviction for reckless homicide entered by the circuit court of Rock Island County after a jury trial.

On December 18, 1977, at approximately 10 p.m., the defendant, Kelley M. Boyle, was operating a motor vehicle northbound on Seventh Street in the city of East Moline, Illinois. Seventh Street is a four lane north-south street. The traffic light was red when the defendant’s vehicle, a red 1968 Chevrolet Camaro, approached the intersection of Seventh Street and 42nd Avenue. Two motor vehicles, one in the left lane driven by Tim Fisher and the other in the…