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People v. Torres

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided June 25, 1997No. 1-95-3670PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cahill

We review dismissal of a criminal information charging defendant, Porfirio Torres, with delivery of cocaine. The information was filed on January 13, 1987, and dismissed over eight years later on September 11, 1995. For much of that time Torres was in Mexico. The trial court found that the State failed to provide Torres a speedy trial as required by the Illinois and United States Constitutions and failed to comply with the Agreement on Detainers in the Illinois Unified Code of Corrections (730 ILCS 5/3 — 8—9 (West 1994)). We reverse and remand with directions to reinstate the information.

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2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Barker v. WingoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Doggett v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
  3. Smith v. HooeySupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  4. People v. RobinsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1996
  5. People v. BelcherAppellate Court of Illinois · 1989

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. People v. AlbitarAppellate Court of Illinois · 2007
  2. People v. AlbitarAppellate Court of Illinois · 2007

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