People v. Clarke

Defendant, Isreal Clarke, was charged by information with felony retail theft under section 16A — 3(a) of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 38, par. 16A—3(a)). He was found guilty in a trial by jury on March 18, 1991, and was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment in the Illinois Department of Corrections on May 6, 1991. He asserts that the trial court erred in failing to grant his motion to dismiss the charge against him for failure to provide him with a prompt preliminary hearing. We affirm.

Defendant was taken into custody on November 30, 1990. A preliminary hearing was…