People v. Tillman

Defendant Kenneth Tillman pleaded guilty to unlawful use of weapons by a felon. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 38, par. 24—1.1.) He was sentenced by a Champaign County circuit court to 30 months’ probation. A month before his probation term was to expire, the State filed a petition to revoke, alleging defendant had been convicted of a felony for an offense committed in Rock Island County over 10 months earlier. The trial judge dismissed the petition based on inordinate delay by the State in seeking to revoke defendant’s probation. The State appeals, arguing dismissal of the petition was improper.…