PEOPLE v. DeCARLIS

No. 79-341.

88 Ill. App.3d 634 (1980)

410 N.E.2d 677

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. THOMAS DeCARLIS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Opinion filed September 19, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Robinson and Mark Schuster, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Elgin, for appellant.

J. Michael Fitzsimmons, State's Attorney, of Wheaton (Robert L. Thompson, Assistant State's Attorney, and Phyllis J. Perko, Gary J. Anderson and Denise M. Paul, all of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

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

Defendant, Thomas DeCarlis, appeals his conviction and sentence for attempt (armed robbery). The central issue on this appeal is whether the defendant was denied effective assistance of counsel when his privately retained attorney made no motion for discharge under the Illinois speedy trial act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 38, par. 103-5(b)), and failed to object to the introduction...

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