People v. Solis

PRESIDING JUSTICE REINHARD,

specially concurring:

While I agree with the majority that the trial court erroneously granted defendant’s motion for discharge based on an alleged speedy-trial violation, I write specially to set forth more precisely my own reasons for reaching that conclusion.

I believe, like the majority, that the proper analysis begins by reference to the Illinois Supreme Court’s decision in People v. Bowman (1990), 138 Ill. 2d 131. In Bowman, defendant’s court-appointed attorney withdrew from the case and was replaced by another attorney approximately three weeks before the date…