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PEOPLE v. WOOLSEY

No. 68505.

139 Ill.2d 157 (1990)

564 N.E.2d 764

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. THOMAS E. WOOLSEY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 21, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel M. Kirwan, Deputy Defender, and E. Joyce Randolph, Assistant Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Mount Vernon, for appellant.

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield (Robert J. Ruiz, Solicitor General, and Terence M. Madsen and Michele I. Lavin, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, of counsel), for the People.

Appellate court judgment affirmed; supervisory order entered.

JUSTICE WARD delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal arises out of a claim of conflict between the State's right to enter a nolle prosequi in a pending prosecution and a defendant's right to a speedy trial. The defendant, Thomas E. Woolsey, was indicted on August 21, 1987, for the murder of Ronald Bunton and other offenses. On August 31, 1987, after being released on bond, the defendant...

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