People v. O'MALLEY

Defendant was charged by indictment with two counts of official misconduct (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 38, par. 33 — 3(b)), and one count each of assault (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 38, par. 12 — 1(a)) and battery (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 38, par. 12 — 3(a)(2)). After a bench trial, defendant was found not guilty of official misconduct and guilty of assault and battery. He was fined $500 on the assault conviction and $1,000 on the battery conviction.

Defendant raises three issues on appeal: (1) whether he was deprived of his statutory right to a speedy trial; (2) whether he was deprived of a…