People v. Frantz

PRESIDING JUSTICE KARNS

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Steven R. Frantz, was convicted by a jury of reckless homicide (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 38, par. 9 — 3) and driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 951/2, par. 11 — 501). Defendant was sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment and ordered to pay a fine of $1,000 on the reckless-homicide conviction. Sentence was withheld on the driving-while-under-the-influence conviction. Defendant appeals both convictions.

On the morning of July 28, 1984, shortly after 12 p.m., a motorcycle collided…