PEOPLE v. BRAGGS

No. 1-97-0726.

707 N.E.2d 172 (1998)

302 Ill. App.3d 602

236 Ill.Dec. 327

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Mary BRAGGS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

December 28, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rita A. Fry, Hugh Stevens, Public Defenders of Cook County, Chicago, for Appellant.

Renee Goldfarb, Celeste Stack, Shahbanu Hussain, Assistant State's Attorneys, Chicago, for Appellee.


Presiding Justice HOURIHANE delivered the opinion of the court:

On July 23, 1993, defendant Mary Braggs was indicted on two counts of first degree murder. On June 20, 1996, after refusing to conduct a hearing on a pending motion to suppress statements, the circuit court found that defendant was unfit to stand trial and, in all probability, would remain so indefinitely in light of her untreatable mental retardation. A discharge hearing followed. Therein, the circuit...

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