Santarelli v. State

Diane Katz Santarelli (defendant) appeals her judgments and sentences which were entered by the trial court on the misdemeanor counts of allowing an open house party 1 and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. 2 The defendant contends that the trial court erred by denying her pretrial motion to dismiss two felony counts of manslaughter, 3 claiming the indictment related thereto was legally defective. She maintains further that, had the court properly dismissed the two felony manslaughter counts, the circuit court would not have possessed jurisdiction over the two remaining misdemeanor…