Personal Injury Law

Belleville Illinois Lawyer Seeks Indictment of Illinois Trooper Matt Mitchell in the Uhl Case

By Ryan Bradley, Esq.

Belleville, Illinois lawyer Robert Haida, the St. Clair County State's Attorney, is about to seek an indictment of Trooper Matt Mitchell in connection with the wrongful death of Kelli and Jessica Uhl, a most horrible Illinois car accident we have reported on more than one occasion on this blog.

A coroner's inquest determined the Uhl sisters were wrongfully killed as a result of a "reckless homicide." Investigators determined Trooper Mitchell was speeding along at 126 miles per hour when he lost control, crossed into the Uhl's lane of travel and more or less vaporized the Uhl vehicle.

Attorney Haida said it could take a few weeks before he took further action on this matter. On Monday afternoon, he indicated a special grand jury would be needed to review the evidence in this case. He indicated he wanted to have the case evaluated by testimony under oath by more than 60 witnesses, something that was not done in the coroner's inquest.

As we previously reported, Mitchell was involved in two previous Illinois car crashes in his six-year state police career. One of these Illinois car accidents resulted in a $1.7 million judgment against the state of Illinois.

As far as formal discipline from the Illinois State Police, a special Merit Board handles these. When additional information is obtained, Mitchell could be investigated

Full post as published by Missouri Accident Lawyer Blog on February 03, 2008 (boomark / email).