PEOPLE v. WRIGHT

No. 1-87-0506.

601 N.E.2d 817 (1992)

234 Ill. App.3d 880

176 Ill.Dec. 119

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sharlette WRIGHT, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

August 31, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randolph N. Stone, Cook County Public Defender, Chicago (Edwin A. Burnette, Asst. Public Defender, of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

Cecil A. Partee, Cook County State's Atty., Chicago (Inge Fryklund, Jane E. Loeb, Asst. State's Attys., of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.


Presiding Justice BUCKLEY delivered the opinion of the court:

On July 31, 1985, defendant Sharlette Wright allegedly beat E.R., 23 months old at the time, resulting in E.R. sustaining multiple skull fractures, herniation of the brain and paralyzation of a portion of her body's left side. Defendant was hired to care for E.R. while E.R.'s parents were at work. After a jury trial, defendant was found guilty of aggravated battery of a child and cruelty to children. The...

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