People v. Zegart

The question in this case is whether defendant’s conviction for the offense of driving across a highway dividing median bars a subsequent prosecution for reckless homicide when both charges arise out of the same occurrence.

On December 19, 1975, an eastbound automobile, driven by defendant, Marla Zegart, crossed over a dividing median of the East-West Tollway and struck a westbound vehicle driven by Raymond Mcjohn, Jr. As a result, two passengers in the Mcjohn vehicle, Margaret Mcjohn and Kathryn J. Grayheck, were killed. A State trooper at the scene issued a traffic complaint to defendant,…