PEOPLE v. PATTON

No. 5-91-0048.

619 N.E.2d 1377 (1993)

249 Ill. App.3d 844

189 Ill.Dec. 328

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James Dean PATTON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

September 14, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel M. Kirwan, Deputy Defender, Lawrence J. O'Neill, Asst. Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Mt. Vernon, for defendant-appellant.

Robert Haida, State's Atty., Belleville, Norbert J. Goetten, Director, Stephen E. Norris, Deputy Director, Diane L. Campbell, Staff Atty., Office of the State's Attys. Appellate Prosecutor, Mt. Vernon, for plaintiff-appellee.


Justice RARICK delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, James Dean Patton, appeals both from his convictions after a jury trial of first-degree murder, aggravated battery to a child, and cruelty to a child and from his sentence of 55 years' imprisonment imposed by the circuit court of St. Clair County on the first-degree murder conviction. No sentences were imposed on the convictions for aggravated battery to a child...

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