People v. Shackles

Defendant appeals his conviction of involuntary manslaughter (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 38, par. 9—3(a)), upon a jury verdict and a sentence of one to three years.

A single count indictment charged that defendant caused the death of Roscoe Kercheval by driving his automobile in a reckless manner into the lane of traffic of decedent’s oncoming car so that the vehicles collided.

The prosecution presented no eyewitness testimony concerning the collision but did introduce extensive evidence with regard to the position of the vehicles following the collision, tire and skid marks of the respective…