An attorney representing 20-year-old Demetrius Glenn asked Monday that Glenn be considered for a drug rehabilitation program instead of being sentenced to a prison term of up to five years.

Glenn is charged with reckless homicide in connection with the Oct. 4 death of NIU student Christine Billmyer.

Attorney Robert Carlson asked that Glenn be considered for the Treatment Alternatives to Street Crime program.

The program first must conduct a psychological evaluation to determine if Glenn is eligible for rehabilitation.

DeKalb County Associate Circuit Judge Richard D. Larson granted Glenn permission to undergo the examination.

Carlson said if Glenn is accepted (by the program), “there won’t be a trial.” If TASC can prove Glenn has a drug or alcohol addiction he may be eligible for rehabilitation since he has been charged with a non-violent crime, he said.

However, Assistant DeKalb State’s Attorney Duke Harris said Glenn’s probation officer must give approval before TASC can conduct an evaluation. The officer has not yet given consent.

Harris said the state’s attorney’s office is not in favor of the drug rehabilitation idea.

Because of Glenn’s history, Harris said he does not think the judge will approve of a rehabilitation program. Glenn’s record of nine months in jail and a charge of reckless homicide “makes him a candidate for the penitentiary,” he said.

The state’s attorney office will oppose any attempt to enter Glenn into a rehabilitation program, Harris said. Allowing Glenn into a program “is stalling the inevitable,” he said.

The state’s attorney’s office would wait until Glenn finished rehabilitation and take him back to court, Harris said.

Carlson said if Glenn enters the rehabilitation program, he would undergo an in-patient treatment and then treatment in a half-way house for a period of time.

Harris said the rehabilitation process could last five years.

Glenn is also charged with DUI, driving on a revoked license and failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident. The accident killed Billmyer and injured three others after their car was struck from behind by a car allegedly driven by Glenn.

The maximum sentence for reckless homicide is five years in jail and a $10,000 fine.

Results of the psychological examination will be presented March 7 at the next hearing.