PEOPLE v. WOODARD

No. 80374.

677 N.E.2d 935 (1997)

175 Ill.2d 435

222 Ill.Dec. 401

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. Robert Louis WOODARD, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied March 31, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Springfield, Patrick Duffy, State's Attorney, Mound City (Barbara A. Preiner, Solicitor General, Arleen C. Anderson and Darryl B. Simko, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, Norbert J. Goetten, Robert J. Biderman and Charles F. Mansfield of the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Springfield, of counsel), for the People.

Daniel M. Kirwan, Deputy Defender, Lawrence J. O'Neill, Assistant Defender of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, Mt. Vernon, for appellee.


Justice FREEMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

The single issue presented by this appeal is whether a defendant may be allowed on appeal the per diem monetary credit, for incarceration prior to sentencing, provided under section 110-14 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 (725 ILCS 5/110-14 (West 1994)). We hold that the credit may be allowed on appeal.

BACKGROUND

On October 24, 1993, defendant, Robert Louis Woodard, led police on...

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