People v. Staten

Following a jury trial in the circuit court of Randolph County, defendant, Maurice Staten, was found guilty of unlawful possession of a weapon by a person in custody of a Department of Corrections facility (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 38, par. 24 — 1.1) and sentenced to a 10-year term of imprisonment. He now appeals (134 Ill. 2d R. 606(b)), arguing, inter alia, that the State failed to try him within 160 days of his written demand for a speedy trial. We agree and therefore reverse.

Defendant is an inmate at the State prison in Menard, where he is serving a 20-year sentence for home invasion and…