PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS

No. 53624.

2 Ill. App.3d 993 (1971)

278 N.E.2d 408

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. JOSEPHUS WILLIAMS, Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District.

September 23, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald W. Getty, Public Defender, of Chicago, (Fred Shandling, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel,) for appellee.

Edward V. Hanrahan, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (James Veldman, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE DEMPSEY delivered the opinion of the court:

The People appeal from an order which dismissed an indictment for attempted murder. The order was entered pursuant to section 114-1(1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Ill. Rev. Stat., 1967, ch. 38, par. 114-1) upon the ground that the defendant, Josephus Williams had been in custody for more than 120 days without having been brought to trial; that he had not requested a continuance...

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