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PEOPLE v. DOTSON

No. 84-0350.

136 Ill. App.3d 356 (1985)

483 N.E.2d 577

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GEORGE DOTSON, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (1st Division).

Opinion filed September 9, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Joan S. Cherry, Mary Pat Butler, and Mary E. Shields, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (Bruce C. Landrum and James H. Reddy, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel), for appellee.

Reversed and remanded.

PRESIDING JUSTICE BUCKLEY delivered the opinion of the court:

The State appeals from an order of the circuit court of Cook County discharging the defendant for want of prosecution on charges of theft and forgery. It contends that the trial court erred by ruling that section 103-5(a) of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 38, par. 103-5(a)) was applicable to defendant's case.

On May 26, 1982, the...

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