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PEOPLE v. DONALSON

No. 48003.

64 Ill.2d 536 (1976)

356 N.E.2d 776

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. CARL B. DONALSON, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed October 1, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (James B. Zagel and Jayne A. Carr, Assistant Attorneys General, and Laurence J. Bolon, Iris E. Sholder, Michael E. Shabat, and Michael J. Angarola, Assistant State's Attorneys, all of Chicago, of counsel), for the People.

James Geis, Deputy Defender, Office of State Appellate Defender, of Chicago (Kenneth L. Jones, Assistant Defender, of counsel), for appellee.

Reversed and remanded.

MR. JUSTICE CREBS delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant was convicted of the offenses of murder and attempt armed robbery and sentenced to a term of 20 to 40 years in the penitentiary for the offense of murder. The Appellate Court for the First District reversed the conviction, holding that the defendant had been denied his right to be tried within 120 days from the date he was taken into custody. (People v. Donalson,...

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