PEOPLE v. DIGIROLAMO

No. 81139.

688 N.E.2d 116 (1997)

179 Ill.2d 24

227 Ill.Dec. 779

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. Jason DIGIROLAMO, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied December 1, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Mt. Vernon, Jim Ryan, Attorney General, Criminal Appeals Div., Chicago, State's Attorney Madison County, Edwardsville, Gerry R. Arnold, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Mt. Vernon, Darryl B. Simko, Assistant Attorney General, Chicago, for the People.

Donald E. Groshong, Alton, for Jason Digirolamo.

Marc C. Loro, Special Asst. Attorney General, Office of the Secretary of State, Springfield, for George H. Ryan.

Arnold Bernstein, Law Office of Arnold Bernstein, Chicago, for Alice Williams.

Thomas H. Fegan, Johnson & Bell, Ltd., Chicago, for University of Chicago Hospitals.

Bruce R. Pfaff, Bruce Robert Pfaff & Associates, Ltd., Chicago, for Illinois Trial Lawyers Association.

Carolyn Quinn, Cassiday, Schade & Gloor, Chicago, for Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel.


Justice BILANDIC delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Jason Digirolamo, was charged by indictment in Madison County with one count of failing to report an accident involving personal injury or death (625 ILCS 5/11-401(b) (West 1992)) and with two counts of obstructing justice by the destruction of evidence (720 ILCS 5/31-4(a) (West 1992)). A jury returned a verdict finding defendant guilty of failure to report an accident resulting in a person's death and...

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