People v. Clark

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE SIMON

delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial, defendant Richard Clark was acquitted of involuntary manslaughter but found guilty of reckless homicide (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 38, par. 9—3(b)) and sentenced to 1 year of periodic imprisonment. Defendant appeals, contending that the indictments for reckless homicide were fatally defective; that he was not proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt; and that the court erred in allowing into evidence his answers to questions a police officer asked before his arrest without giving the defendant the prior…