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PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS

No. 1-96-2869.

700 N.E.2d 753 (1998)

299 Ill. App.3d 143

233 Ill.Dec. 225

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert WILLIAMS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

September 11, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rita A. Fry, Public Defender of Cook County, Chicago (Elyse Krug Miller, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for Defendant-Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney of Cook County, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, James E. Fitzgerald, Roger A. Malavia, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Justice ZWICK delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Robert Williams, was arrested and charged with one count of residential burglary. More than six years later, he was tried in a bench trial, found guilty and sentenced to serve 12 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. He now appeals, arguing that his sixth amendment right to speedy trial was violated and/or that his counsel was ineffective in failing to present a motion for discharge based upon...

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