People v. Woodruff

The defendant, 15 years old when he committed the offenses alleged in this case but tried as an adult, appeals from convictions for armed robbery and home invasion (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 38, pars. 18 — 2, 12 — 11); he received two concurrent 7-year sentences of imprisonment. The defendant raises three issues on appeal — whether he should have been discharged under the speedy-trial provisions (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 38, par. 103 — 5); whether the jury should have received a cautionary instruction regarding an accomplice’s testimony; and whether the prosecution of him as an adult was…