PEOPLE v. BUFORD

No. 2-06-0261.

870 N.E.2d 995 (2007)

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Brandon A. BUFORD, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

June 18, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Waller, Lake County State's Attorney, Waukegan, Martin P. Moltz, Deputy Director, Gregory L. Slovacek, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Elgin, for the People.

Thomas A. Lilien, Deputy Defender (court-appointed), Patrick M. Carmody (court-appointed), Office of the State Appellate Defender, Elgin, for Brandon A. Buford.


Justice HUTCHINSON delivered the opinion of the court:

The State appeals the trial court's order dismissing charges against the defendant, Brandon A. Buford, on speedy trial grounds. 725 ILCS 5/103-5(b) (West 2004). We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

On July 4, 2005, defendant was charged by a nontraffic complaint with battery (720 ILCS 5/12-3(a)(1), (a)(2) (West 2004)) and criminal damage to property (720 ILCS 5/21-1(1)(a) (West 2004)). On July 25, he was...

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