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People v. Martin

Case Date: 06/30/1997
Court: 4th District Appellate
Docket No: 4-96-0241

                              NO. 4-96-0241 

                          IN THE APPELLATE COURT

                                OF ILLINOIS

                              FOURTH DISTRICT

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,    )    Appeal from
          Plaintiff-Appellee,           )    Circuit Court of 
          v.                            )    Sangamon County
MARK MARTIN,                            )    No. 93CF27
          Defendant-Appellant.          )    
                                        )    Honorable
                                        )    Stuart H. Shiffman,
                                        )    Judge Presiding.
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          PRESIDING JUSTICE STEIGMANN delivered the opinion of
the court: 
          In April 1991, defendant, Mark Martin, struck and
killed three pedestrians while driving his pickup truck.  In
January 1993, a jury found defendant guilty of three counts of
reckless homicide (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1991, ch. 38, par. 9-3(a)),
two counts of driving while under the influence of alcohol (DUI) 
(Ill. Rev. Stat. 1991, ch. 95