Defendant, then age 18, was convicted, after jury trial, of various offenses. Defendant had sped away after traffic stop, vehicle crashed and rolled over; and he then fled on foot and then in stolen pickup truck with his girlfriend, age 15; he then attempted to flee in a stolen dump truck. Defendant was arrested and transported to a hospital, where he tested positive for cocaine and heroin and had BAC of 0.13. State proved Defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of failing to report a motor vehicle accident involving personal injury, as he had abandoned his girlfriend who was injured and unconscious after pickup truck rolled over; and he was not so incapacitated that he could not have reported accident. Court within its discretion in admitting hospital’s chemical test results, as they were ordered in the regular course of providing emergency medical treatment. (BIRKETT and ZENOFF, concurring.)
Illinois Appellate Court
Criminal Court
Evidence