PEOPLE v. JONES

No. 5-97-1090.

723 N.E.2d 1217 (2000)

311 Ill. App.3d 433

243 Ill.Dec. 616

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

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

January 19, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel M. Kirwan and Larry R. Wells, State Appellate Defender's Office, Mt. Vernon, for appellant.

Darrell Williamson, State's Attorney, Chester (Norbert J. Goetten and Stephen E. Norris, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.


Justice KUEHN delivered the opinion of the court:

In July of 1994, defendant waived a jury and went to trial on murder charges in Randolph County before the Honorable Judge Jerry D. Flynn. After a two-day trial at which both sides presented evidence, Judge Flynn found defendant guilty of first-degree murder in the suffocation death of her infant child. Thereafter, he sentenced her to a 35-year prison term.

Defendant appealed that conviction. Among the issues...

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