People v. Eickert

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE DEMPSEY

delivered the opinion of the court.

Kenneth Eickert was convicted in a jury trial of armed robbery and sentenced to a term of seven to ten years in the penitentiary. He contends he was not brought to trial within the time required by statute, that his constitutional right against double jeopardy was violated, and that comments by the court during the trial and by the prosecutor in the final argument deprived him of a fair trial.

Shortly after 1:00 a. m. on January 3, 1967, two men entered a Chicago tavern owned by Josephine Tripoli. They brandished pistols and…