The following case summaries were written by Attorney David B. Franks:

• People v. Swanson, ISBA Traffic Laws and Courts Newsletter, June 2016, Vol. 25, No. 4.
• People v. Strobel, ISBA Traffic Laws and Courts Newsletter, February 2015, Vol. 24, No. 1.
• City of Highland Park v. Kane, ISBA Traffic Laws and Courts Newsletter, June 2013, Vol. 22, No. 4, Page 6.
• People v. Smulik, ISBA Traffic Laws and Courts Newsletter, May 2012, Vol. 21, No. 4, Page 8.
• People v. Barwan, ISBA Traffic Laws and Courts Newsletter, Mar 2012, Vol. 21, No. 3, Page 3.
• People v. Price, ISBA Traffic Laws and Courts Newsletter, March 2012, Vol. 21, No. 3, Page 9.
• People v. Geier, ISBA Traffic Laws and Courts Newsletter, August 2011, Vol. 21, No. 1.
• People v. Bruni, ISBA Traffic Laws and Courts Newsletter, March 2011, Vol. 20, No. 3.
• People v. Maldonado, ISBA Traffic Laws and Courts Newsletter, November 2010, Vol. 20, No. 2.
• People v. Nunez, ISBA Traffic Laws and Courts Newsletter, June 2010, Vol. 19, No. 4.
• People v. McDonough, ISBA Traffic Laws and Courts Newsletter, Mar 10, 2010, Vol. 19, No. 3.
• People v. Hacker, ISBA Traffic Laws and Courts Newsletter, June 2009, Vol. 18, No. 4.
• People v. Ewing, ISBA Traffic Laws and Courts Newsletter, September 2008, Vol. 18, No. 1.
• People v. Sturgess, ISBA Traffic Laws and Courts Newsletter, March 2007, Vol. 16, No. 3.
• Case Summary, Kaiser v. Fleming, ISBA General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Newsletter (November 2001, at 3)
  Case Summary, In Re Marriage of Drysch, ISBA General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Newsletter (October 2001, at 5)
• Case Summary, People v. Every, Illinois State Bar Association Criminal Justice Newsletter (February 1999, at 6)
• Case Summary, People v. Cortes, Illinois State Bar Association Criminal Justice Newsletter (April 1998, at 10)
• Public Defender Stephen Baker, Assistant State’s Attorney David B. Franks and the Honorable Daniel T. Gillespie, Survey of Illinois Law: Criminal Law and Procedure, Southern Illinois University Law Journal (Summer 1996)
• Case Summary, People v. Whitehead, Illinois State Bar Association Criminal Justice Newsletter (May 1996, at 8)
• Case Summary, People v. Jimerson, Illinois State Bar Association Criminal Justice Newsletter (September 1995, at 1)
• Public Defender Stephen Baker, Assistant State’s Attorney David B. Franks and the Honorable Daniel T. Gillespie, Survey of Illinois Law: Criminal Law and Procedure, Southern Illinois University Law Journal (Summer 1995)
• Case Summary, People v. Mahaffey, Illinois State Bar Association Criminal Justice Newsletter (June 1995, at 3)
• Case Summary, People v. Knuckles, Illinois State Bar Association Criminal Justice Newsletter (April 1994, at 6)
• Case Summary, People v. Fassler, Illinois State Bar Association Criminal Justice Newsletter (February 1993, at 3)
• Federal Court Discretion and the Exhaustion Doctrine: Granberry v. Greer, Criminal Law Bulletin (May 1990)