Appellate Court of Illinois· 1/25/1978

People v. Brown

Citations

373 N.E.2d 459
57 Ill. App. 3d 528
15 Ill. Dec. 113
1978 Ill. App. LEXIS 2163

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State’s burden is to show that “the defendant’s act was, beyond a reasonable doubt, a contributing cause to a death”
where no foundational facts or reasons were given, opinion testimony attesting to causation was ruled insufficient, warranting reversal
where no foundational facts or reasons were given, opinion testimony attesting to causation was ruled insufficient, warranting reversal
state’s burden is to show beyond a reasonable doubt that defendant’s act was “a contributing cause to a death such that the death did not result from a source unconnected with the defendant’s act”
state's burden is to show beyond a reasonable doubt that defendant's act was \a contributing cause to a death such that the death did not result from a source unconnected with the defendant's act\
“The State’s burden is not to prove that the defendant’s act is the sole and immediate cause of death, but that the defendant’s act was, beyond a reasonable doubt, a contributing cause to a death such that the death did not result from a source unconnected with the defendant’s act”

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