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THE PEOPLE v. PETROPOULOS

No. 39377.

34 Ill.2d 179 (1966)

214 N.E.2d 765

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. RUTH M. PETROPOULOS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied March 23, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

GERALD W. GETTY, Public Defender, of Chicago, (JAMES J. DOHERTY and FREDERICK F. COHN, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel,) appointed by the court, for appellant.

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, and DANIEL P. WARD, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (FRED G. LEACH and GEORGE W. KENNEY, Assistant Attorneys General, and ELMER C. KISSANE and WILLIAM J. NELLIS, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE SOLFISBURG delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Ruth M. Petropoulos, was arrested in Cook County on January 15, 1964, for the sale and possession of heroin and was bound over to the grand jury, which returned indictments on May 12, 1964. Before the case was reached for trial the defendant filed her petition for release on the statutory ground that she had not been brought to trial within 120 days from the date on...

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