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PEOPLE v. FRANKS

No. 5-00-0286.

752 N.E.2d 1274 (2001)

323 Ill. App.3d 660

257 Ill.Dec. 94

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ricky Joe FRANKS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

July 18, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Christenson, Murphysboro, IL, Attorney for Appellant.

John Bigler, State's Attorney, Jonesboro, IL; Norbert J. Goetten, Director, Stephen E. Norris, Deputy Director, Rebecca E. Etherton, Staff Attorney, Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Mt. Vernon, IL, Attorneys for Appellee.

Justice RARICK delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Ricky Joe Franks, was charged in the circuit court of Union County with first-degree murder. Franks maintained that he had consensual sex with the victim but did not kill her. He was convicted on October 1, 1999, following a jury trial. The evidence at the trial included the results from the forensic testing of swab specimens from the victim's vagina, rectum, and mouth. An analysis of the deoxyribonucleic...

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