PEOPLE v. HOWARD

No. 77-536.

74 Ill. App.3d 138 (1979)

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LOUISE ELLA HOWARD, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Third District.

Opinion filed July 19, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Agostinelli and G. Joseph Weller, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Ottawa, for appellant.

L. Patrick Power, State's Attorney, of Kankakee (John X. Breslin, and Rita Kennedy, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE BARRY delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Louise Ella Howard, was convicted of aggravated battery after a jury trial in Kankakee County. She was sentenced to a prison term of not less than one year or more than three years. On appeal she has alleged that her court-appointed public defender's failure to adequately investigate her psychiatric history...

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