People v. Adams

FOURTH DIVISION

MARCH 31, 2003

1-01-1122

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, ) Appeal from the) Circuit Court of

Respondent-Appellee, ) Cook County.)

v. ))

ANTHONY ADAMS, ) Honorable) James B. Linn,

Petitioner-Appellant. ) Judge Presiding.

Following a bench trial, petitioner Anthony Adams was found guilty of first-degree murder, upon the principle of accountability, for the shooting death of Clifford Ray and sentenced to 30 years in prison. Petitioner appealed contending that: (1) the circuit court abused its discretion in granting the State’s request for an extension of the speedy trial term in…