PEOPLE v. CRANE

No. 88454.

743 N.E.2d 555 (2001)

195 Ill.2d 42

252 Ill.Dec. 687

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. Anthony CRANE, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

January 19, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Springfield, and Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, Chicago (William L. Browers, Assistant Attorney General, Chicago, and Renee Goldfarb and Kenneth T. McCurry, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender, and Patricia Mysza, Assistant Appellate Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, for appellee.


Justice McMORROW delivered the opinion of the court:

We are asked to decide whether defendant Anthony Crane's constitutional right to a speedy retrial was violated when 26 months elapsed between the time the appellate court reversed defendant's conviction for murder and defendant filed his motion for dismissal on speedy-retrial grounds. After balancing the opposing interests in light of the circumstances of this case, we conclude defendant's constitutional right to...

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