People v. Chaney

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE CRAVEN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendants were indicted on February 22, 1974, for the January 15, 1974, deviate sexual assaults of Gary Zion, a fellow inmate in the Pontiac Correctional Center, a violation of section 11 — 3 of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 38, par. 11 — 3). A motion to dismiss, based on the lack of a speedy trial, was filed on May 20,1974. Jury trial was held July 31 through August 2, 1974, and all three defendants were found guilty.

At trial, Gary Zion testified that on January 15,1974, at approximately 3 p.m., he was…