PEOPLE v. BROWN

No. 54984.

92 Ill.2d 248 (1982)

442 N.E.2d 136

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. RONALD BROWN, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied November 24, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tyrone C. Fahner, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Melbourne A. Noel, Jr., and Mark L. Rotert, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, and Marcia B. Orr, Joel A. Stein, Casimir J. Bartnik, Michael E. Shabat, Joan S. Cherry, and Randall E. Roberts, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Steven Clark, Deputy Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Chicago (Fe Fernandez, of Evanston, of counsel), for appellee.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE MORAN delivered the opinion of the court:

On August 27, 1979, the circuit court of Cook County granted a motion by the defendant, Ronald Brown, to dismiss an indictment against him for the murder of Tony Williams. The motion alleged post-indictment delay that violated defendant's right to a speedy trial. On appeal, the dismissal of the murder indictment was unanimously affirmed. 94 Ill.App.3d 609

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