People v. Griffin

Filed 9/30/08 NO. 4-05-1016 IN THE APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS FOURTH DISTRICT THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, ) Appeal from Plaintiff-Appellant, ) Circuit Court of v. ) McLean County LONA R. GRIFFIN, ) No. 01CF90 Defendant-Appellee. ) ) Honorable ) Scott Drazewski, ) Judge Presiding. _________________________________________________________________ JUSTICE STEIGMANN delivered the opinion of the court: In June 2001, a jury convicted defendant, Lona R. Griffin, of first degree murder of her infant son, Joseph. The trial court later sentenced her to 25 years in prison. On appeal, this…