THE PEOPLE v. WYATT

No. 36668.

24 Ill.2d 151 (1962)

180 N.E.2d 478

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. EDDIE LEE WYATT, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied March 22, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

GERALD W. GETTY, Public Defender, of Chicago, (JAMES J. DOHERTY and WILLIAM J. MORAN, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel,) for plaintiff in error.

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, and DANIEL P. WARD, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (FRED G. LEACH, Assistant Attorney General, and JOHN T. GALLAGHER and DEAN H. BILTON, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE DAILY delivered the opinion of the court:

This writ of error is prosecuted by defendant, Eddie Lee Wyatt, to review a judgment of the criminal court of Cook County, following a bench trial, whereby he was found guilty of robbery and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of one to eight years. He assigns as error, first, the denial of a timely motion for discharge on the ground that he was not tried within four months of...

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