The People v. Petropoulos

The defendant, Ruth M. Petropoulos, was arrested in Cook County on January 15, 1964, for the sale and possession of heroin and was bound over to the grand jury, which returned indictments on May 12, 1964. Before the case was reached for trial the defendant filed her petition for release on the statutory ground that she had not been brought to trial within 120 days from the date on which she was taken into custody. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1963, chap. 38, par. 103 — 5.) The petition for discharge was allowed by the circuit court of Cook County on May 26, 1964.

The State appealed the discharge to this…