People v. Purcell

The defendant, Willard Purcell, has filed the instant appeal pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 604(c) (188 Ill. 2d R. 604(c)), seeking review of the September 10, 2001, order of the circuit court of Winnebago County denying bail. On appeal, the defendant argues (1) that section 110 — 4(b) of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 (the Code) (725 ILCS 5/110 — 4(b) (West 2000)) is unconstitutional; and (2) that the trial court erred in denying his request for pretrial bail.

In August 2001, the defendant was arrested and indicted on four counts of first-degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9 — 1(a)(2), (a)(3),…