In Re Vitale
Jan 08, 1980OUTCOME: The United States Supreme Court in a 5 to 4 decision vacated the Illinois Supreme Court finding and remanded the matter for further proceedings.
In Re Vitale The Illinois Supreme Court held the double jeopardy clause, that the conviction of the lesser precludes conviction of the greater. The US Supreme Court held because the relationship ... under Illinois law between the crimes of involuntary manslaughter and a careless failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident is unclear, and because the reckless act or acts the State will rely on to prove manslaughter are still unknown, the Illinois Supreme Court's judgment is vacated and the case is remanded to that court for further proceedings. P. 447 U. S. 421.
