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PEOPLE v. COOKSEY

No. 1-97-2689.

723 N.E.2d 784 (1999)

309 Ill. App.3d 839

243 Ill.Dec. 481

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Toijuan COOKSEY, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

December 22, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender (Debra R. Salinger, Assistant Appellate Defender, of counsel), Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, for Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney (Renee Goldfarb, Margaret J. Faustmann, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel, Bumjoon Park, law clerk), Chicago, for Appellee.

Justice BURKE delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, defendant Toijuan Cooksey was convicted of robbery (720 ILCS 5/18-1 (West 1996)) and vehicular hijacking (720 ILCS 5/18-3 (West 1996)) and sentenced to concurrent terms of 7 years' and 10 years' imprisonment, respectively. On appeal, defendant contends that the State failed to bring him to trial within 120 days, in violation of the Illinois Speedy Trial Act (725 ILCS 5/103-5 (West 1996)) and...

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