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PEOPLE v. WOODDELL

No. 100709.

847 N.E.2d 117 (2006)

219 Ill.2d 166

301 Ill.Dec. 458

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Lora Lynn WOODDELL, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

March 23, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel D. Yuhas, Deputy Defender, and Catherine K. Hart, Assistant Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Springfield, for appellant.

Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Springfield, and Marvin Hanson, State's Attorney, Sullivan (Gary Feinerman, Solicitor General, and Linda D. Woloshin and Katherine D. Saunders, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, of counsel), for the People.

Chief Justice THOMAS delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion:

The issue presented is whether the circuit court of Moultrie County properly dismissed the charges pending against defendant, Lora Lynn Wooddell, on the grounds that the statutory speedy-trial period had lapsed. For the reasons that follow, we hold that the dismissal was proper.

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