PEOPLE v. FRANKLIN

No. 85-0173.

159 Ill. App.3d 56 (1987)

512 N.E.2d 40

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. PATSY FRANKLIN, Defendant-Appellant.

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

Opinion filed July 28, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (Frances Sowa, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for appellant.

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Thomas V. Gainer, Jr., and Loretta Davenport, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

PRESIDING JUSTICE SCARIANO delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant Patsy Franklin (Franklin) was being tried for the murder of her three-year-old daughter Andrea when Judge Cornelius J. Houtsma, Jr., declared a mistrial. The cause was transferred to Judge Dwight McKay, who dismissed it on double jeopardy grounds. This court reversed and remanded the cause for further findings by the trial court in light of Oregon v. Kennedy...

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