People v. Holland

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE SEIDENFELD

delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant was convicted of unlawfully delivering less than 30 grams of a substance containing heroin in violation of the.Illinois Controlled Substances Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 561/2, par. 1401(b)), and sentenced to 1-3 years in the penitentiary. Pie appeals, contending that the indictment should have been dismissed because a 71-day delay between the date of the incident and the date the complaint charging the offense was filed deprived him of due process of law; and that the closing argument of the prosecutor…