PEOPLE v. McKINNEY

No. 1-10-0317.

962 N.E.2d 1084 (2011)

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James McKINNEY, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

Rehearing Denied January 10, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier , State Appellate Defender, Alan D. Goldberg , Deputy Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender ( Christopher L. Gehrke , of counsel), for appellant.

Anita M. Alvarez , State's Attorney, County of Cook ( Alan J. Spellberg , Michelle Katz , Peter Fischer , Kathleen Warnick , of counsel), for the People.


OPINION

Justice CUNNINGHAM delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 Following a jury trial in the circuit court of Cook County, the defendant, James McKinney, was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to 30 years of imprisonment. On direct appeal, the defendant argues that: (1) the trial court violated his right to a speedy trial when it granted the State a 30-day extension of time beyond the speedy trial term; (2) the trial court...

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