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THE PEOPLE v. WALKER

No. 38674.

34 Ill.2d 23 (1966)

213 N.E.2d 552

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. WILLIE WALKER, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 25, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. THOMAS COGHILL, JR., of East St. Louis, appointed by the court, for plaintiff in error.

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, and JOHN M. KARNS, JR., State's Attorney, of Belleville, (FRED G. LEACH, Assistant Attorney General, and CHARLES E. HAMILTON, Special Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant was convicted of rape after a jury trial in the circuit court of St. Clair County, and sentenced to imprisonment for a term of thirty years. On this writ of error, defendant contends he was denied his statutory and constitutional rights to a speedy trial, and that the construction heretofore placed by this court upon the "four-month rule" (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1959, chap. 38...

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