People v. Taylor

PRESIDING JUSTICE STOUDER

delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial, the defendant, Matthew Taylor, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 38, par. 9 — 3). He was subsequently sentenced to a two-year term of imprisonment. He appeals, and we reverse.

The record shows that codefendants Leon DeRouin and Kevin DeLorenzo dropped several pieces of concrete from the Stuenkel Road overpass, one of which struck a vehicle and killed Charles Layfield. The defendant was convicted of the crime under an accountability theory.

DeLorenzo testified that on November…