PEOPLE v. FRANKLIN

No. 1-87-2360.

189 Ill. App.3d 425 (1989)

545 N.E.2d 346

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

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (3rd Division).

Opinion filed September 27, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randolph N. Stone, Public Defender, of Chicago (Barbara J. McClure, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for appellant.

Cecil A. Partee, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Inge Fryklund, James E. Fitzgerald, and Daniel J. Lynch, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), for the People.


Affirmed as modified.

JUSTICE CERDA delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Tony Franklin, was convicted following a bench trial of involuntary manslaughter (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 9-3) for the shooting death of Michael Whitaker. The trial court sentenced the defendant to four years' imprisonment and two years' mandatory supervised release. The defendant contends on appeal that his conviction must be reversed because the shooting was...

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