PEOPLE v. GARRETT

No. 80-490.

104 Ill. App.3d 178 (1982)

432 N.E.2d 1305

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ORVID GARRETT, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed March 2, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Reid and Richard J. Bennett, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Mt. Vernon, for appellant.

John Clemons, State's Attorney, of Murphysboro (Robert J. Biderman and Debra A. Buchman, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE WELCH delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant was arrested and charged with attempted murder, burglary, and unlawful use of weapons, alleged to have occurred on April 10, 1980. After his motion for discharge pursuant to the speedy trial statute was denied, he was brought to trial on September 15, 1980. He tried to discharge his lawyer on the date of the trial and represent himself and moved orally for a continuance of the...

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