§ 6.3 Evidence Sufficient for Conviction

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§ 6.3 Evidence Sufficient for Conviction

People v. Schultz, 173 Ill. App. 3d 738, 527 N.E.2d 984, 123 Ill. Dec. 346 (1st Dist. 1988). Defendant was properly convicted when evidence revealed defendant left scene of accident without identifying himself because he relied on his wife's statement that she had exchanged the identification with the other driver.

People v. McCracken, 179 Ill. App. 3d 976, 535 N.E.2d 36, 128 Ill. Dec. 822 (1st Dist.1989). Evidence established defendant's vehicle struck a pedestrian causing serious injuries. A police officer driving his own vehicle on the way back to his office observed the incident and caught up to defendant's car two to two and one-half...