PEOPLE v. MITCHELL

No. 80-776.

95 Ill. App.3d 779 (1981)

420 N.E.2d 415

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. FRANCIS A. MITCHELL, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (2nd Division).

Rehearing denied May 19, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julius Lucius Echeles, of Chicago, for appellant.

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Marcia B. Orr and Pamela L. Gray, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE DOWNING delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Francis A. Mitchell, was indicted for the murder of his former mother-in-law, Frances Krecji. After a bench trial in the Circuit Court of Cook County, defendant was convicted of murder and sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 35 years nor more than 75 years.

On appeal, defendant raises the following...

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