People v. Kolzow
Illinois Appellate Court
703 N.E.2d 424 (1998)
Relevant factsFree
Kolzow waited until her stepmother left before bringing her sleeping infant inside, left the child in the locked car with only slightly lowered rear windows, set an alarm intending an uninterrupted nap, but overslept and found the baby dead of heat stroke roughly four hours later.
IssueFree
Whether a homicide constitutes involuntary manslaughter when a defendant recklessly disregards a substantial and unjustifiable risk that her actions are likely to cause another's death, and such death results.