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PEOPLE v. TAYLOR

No. 5-83-0746.

131 Ill. App.3d 766 (1985)

476 N.E.2d 19

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. EUGENE TAYLOR et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Rehearing denied April 2, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Baricevic, State's Attorney, of Belleville (Kenneth Boyle, Stephen E. Norris, and Karen L. Stallman, all of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.

Randy E. Blue and Dan W. Evers, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Mt. Vernon, for appellees.

Reversed and remanded.

PRESIDING JUSTICE JONES delivered the opinion of the court:

We have consolidated for disposition three cases involving the same issue, that being whether a trial court may act upon its own motion to dismiss a criminal case for lack of prosecution.

Defendant Lonnie Eugene Taylor was indicted on August 4, 1983, on charges of armed violence, attempted murder and aggravated battery. On October 26, 1983, the State orally moved for...

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