People v. Bean

PRESIDING JUSTICE JONES

delivered the opinion of the court:

The State raises two issues on appeal: (1) whether the trial court erred in dismissing count II of the indictment for want of prosecution, and (2) whether the trial court erred in granting defendant’s motion in limine to exclude any evidence of the residential burglary charged in count II from the evidence presented during defendant’s trial for residential burglary under count I.

Count I charged defendant with the residential burglary of the home of Michelle Knight on March 31, 1983, and count II charged defendant with the April 1,…