Legal Opinion
People v. Echols
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided July 18, 2018No. 1-15-3156PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRESIDING JUSTICE COBBS delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.
¶ 1 Defendant, Earl Echols, appeals the denial of his motion to dismiss the indictment *1010 for aggravated driving under the influence of a controlled substance. Echols contends that he was denied his constitutional right to a speedy trial when the State failed to produce him for trial until one year after the offense was committed even though he was in State custody during that time. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.
¶ 2 I. BACKGROUND
¶ 3 On the evening of December 25, 2013, Echols was arrested after crashing his…
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