People v. Ladd

The defendant, Leroy Ladd, was convicted of armed violence and aggravated battery after a jury trial in the circuit court of St. Clair County. The trial judge sentenced the defendant to concurrent sentences of 12 years’ imprisonment on the armed violence conviction and 4 years’ imprisonment on the aggravated battery conviction. The appellate court reversed the defendant’s convictions, concluding that the defendant had been denied his statutory right to a speedy trial. 294 Ill. App. 3d 928. We allowed the State’s petition for leave to appeal (166 Ill. 2d R. 315(a)), and we now affirm the…