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PEOPLE v. ADAMS

No. 77-232.

59 Ill. App.3d 590 (1978)

375 N.E.2d 893

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. RICHARD ADAMS, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed April 12, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kelly D. Long, State's Attorney, of Hillsboro (Bruce D. Irish and Raymond F. Buckley, Jr., both of Illinois State's Attorneys Association, of counsel), for the People.

Peter K. Woody, of Gillespie, Cadigan & Gillespie, of Springfield, for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE EBERSPACHER delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal by the State from an order entered by the circuit court of Montgomery County dismissing the cause for "want of prosecution." Defendant, Richard Adams, and a co-defendant, Paul Laird, were jointly charged by indictment filed on July 30, 1976, with the commission of official misconduct. Defendant was released on bail and was arraigned on August 5, 1976...

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