PEOPLE v. GRANT

No. 49082.

68 Ill.2d 1 (1977)

368 N.E.2d 909

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. WALTER GRANT, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed October 5, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Laurence J. Bolon and Renee G. Goldfarb, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

James Geis, Deputy Defender, and Martin Carlson, Assistant Appellate Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Chicago, for appellee.


Reversed and remanded.

MR. JUSTICE RYAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant was convicted of the crime of voluntary manslaughter by a jury in the circuit court of Cook County. The appellate court reversed the conviction, holding that defendant's statutory right to a speedy trial (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 38, par. 103-5) had been violated. (42 Ill.App.3d 790.) We...

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