People v. York

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE BARRY

delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal was instituted by the defendant, Kenneth L. York, from his conviction by a jury of the involuntary manslaughter of four-year-old Brian Medlock. At the trial, the State established that, on August 14,1972, Brian was taken to St. Francis Hospital, Peoria, and arrived there in a state of unconsciousness. An examination of the boy disclosed multiple bruises over his body, a broken left collarbone and a hematoma on the back of his head. In the medical opinion of the examining physician,. Brian had received a blow to the head…