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PEOPLE v. GOODING

No. 47093.

61 Ill.2d 298 (1975)

335 N.E.2d 769

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. CHESTER PAUL GOODING, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 26, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Edwin R. Parkinson, State's Attorney, of Jacksonville (James B. Zagel, Jayne A. Carr, and Thomas Connors, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, for the People.

Richard J. Wilson, Deputy Defender, Office of State Appellate Defender, of Springfield (Daniel D. Yuhas, Assistant Defender, of counsel), for appellee.

Reversed and remanded.

MR. JUSTICE RYAN delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Chester Paul Gooding, was convicted of rape after a jury trial in Morgan County. He was sentenced to serve from 8 to 20 years in the penitentiary. The appellate court reversed the conviction on the ground that the defendant had been denied his right to be tried within 120 days from the date he was taken into custody. (21 Ill.App.3d 1064

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