People v. Nunnery

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE LORENZ

delivered the opinion of the court:

The State, pursuant to Ill. Rev. Stat. 1967, ch. 38, par. 120 — 1(b) (1) and Supreme Court Rule 604, appeals from an order of the Circuit Court which discharged defendant for want of prosecution under Ill. Rev. Stat. 1967, ch. 38, par. 103 — 5 * (hereinafter referred to as the “120 day rule”). This court is called upon to review the propriety of that order.

A review of the record reveals the following chronology:

February 9, 1969, defendant was arrested for two separate armed robberies;

May 27, 1969, three armed robbery indictments…