PEOPLE v. PETROPOULOS

Gen. No. 50,190.

59 Ill. App.2d 298 (1965)

208 N.E.2d 323

People of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. Ruth M. Petropoulos, Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Fourth Division.

May 6, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William G. Clark, Attorney General, of Springfield (Daniel P. Ward, State's Attorney, of Chicago, Fred G. Leach and George W. Kenney, Assistant Attorneys General, Elmer C. Kissane and William J. Nellis, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for appellant.

Gerald W. Getty, Public Defender of Cook County, of Chicago (Chester P. Majewski and James J. Doherty, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel), for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE ENGLISH delivered the opinion of the court.

The State appeals from an order of the Circuit Court discharging defendant on the statutory ground that she had not been brought to trial within 120 days from the date on which she had been taken into custody. Ill Rev Stats 1963, c 38, § 103-5.

Defendant was arrested on January 15, 1964 for the sale of heroin, in violation of section 3 of the Uniform Narcotic Drug Act. Ill Rev Stats 1963, c 38, ...

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