People v. Martin

NO. 4-96-0241

IN THE APPELLATE COURT

OF ILLINOIS

FOURTH DISTRICT

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, ) Appeal from

Plaintiff-Appellee, ) Circuit Court of

v. ) Sangamon County

MARK MARTIN, ) No. 93CF27

Defendant-Appellant. )) Honorable) Stuart H. Shiffman,) Judge Presiding.

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PRESIDING JUSTICE STEIGMANN delivered the opinion of the court:

In April 1991, defendant, Mark Martin, struck and killed three pedestrians while driving his pickup truck. In January 1993, a jury found defendant guilty of three counts of reckless homicide (Ill. Rev.…