People v. Markword

Section 103-5 (a) of c 38, 111 Rev Stats 1967, provides, so far as is relevant to this appeal, that every person in custody in this state for an alleged offense shall be tried within 120 days from the date he was taken into custody unless the delay is occasioned by the defendant. This provision and its predecessors are statutory enactments designed to implement the constitutional right to a speedy trial as found in art II, section 9, of the constitution. People v. Love, 39 Ill2d 436, 235 NE2d 819 (1968). In People v. Gray, 83 Ill App2d 262, 227 NE2d 159 (4th Dist 1967), we reviewed the…