People v. McRoberts

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE RECHENMACHER

delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal by the State from the trial court’s order dismissing an indictment on the ground that the defendant was not brought to trial within 160 days of his demand for a trial, in accordance with section 103— 5 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 38, par. 103 — 5).

The defendant was charged with theft by deception in excess of *150 in violation of section 16 — 1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 38, par. 16 — 1). The date of the offense was December 19,1974, and the…