People v. Alfonso

The subject of this appeal concerns the application of Illinois Supreme Court Rule 504 (107 Ill. 2d R. 504), which provides, in part, that appearance dates for traffic cases shall be set “not less than 14 days but within 49 days after the date of the arrest, whenever practicable.” The State contends the circuit court erroneously granted defendant’s motion to dismiss on the grounds that it was practicable to schedule defendant’s appearance date within the time period set forth by Supreme Court Rule 504.

On September 2, 1987, defendant was arrested in Schaumburg, Illinois, and charged with…