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PEOPLE v. MERRYFIELD

No. 79-27.

83 Ill. App.3d 1017 (1980)

404 N.E.2d 907

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HAROLD MERRYFIELD, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Rehearing denied June 10, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Michael Fitzsimmons, State's Attorney, of Wheaton (Robert L. Thompson and Stephen M. Deitsch, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Mary Robinson, of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Elgin, for appellee.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE VAN DEUSEN delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Harold Merryfield, was charged by indictment with the offense of theft over $150. The trial court dismissed the indictment on the grounds that the failure to prosecute the defendant and bring him to trial within 180 days from the date he made a demand for trial was in violation of the Uniform Agreement on Detainers Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 38, par. 1003-8-9)...

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