People v. LaFaire

I cannot agree with the majority’s ruling in the present case. If there is any term of art in the area of speedy trial, it is the term “by agreement.” When a date is set “by the agreement of the parties,” it tolls the speedy trial term. 725 ILCS 5/103 — 5(a), (b) (West 2004); People v. Woodrum, 223 Ill. 2d 286, 299, 860 N.E.2d 259, 269 (2006) (an agreed continuance generally constitutes an act of delay attributable to the defendant); People v. Cabrera, 188 Ill. App. 3d 369, 371-72, 544 N.E.2d 439, 440 (1989) (delay attributable to defendant where defendant agreed to setting the trial in the…