Legal Opinion
People v. Williams
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided December 21, 1979No. 78-1713PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE SULLIVAN
delivered the opinion of the court:
Following a jury trial, defendant was convicted of armed robbery and sentenced to a term of 10 years. The single issue presented by defendant on appeal is that his conviction should be reversed because the State did not commence prosecution within the three-year period of limitations and did not allege or prove any exception thereto.
Opinion
It is undisputed that the prosecution here was not commenced within three years, as required by statute (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 38, par. 3— 5(b)), and that the indictment failed to allege a…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Biddinger v. Commissioner of Police of City of New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
- People v. GilmoreIllinois Supreme Court · 1976
- People v. PujoueIllinois Supreme Court · 1975
- People v. MegladderyCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1940
- United States v. Claude C. Wild, Jr.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1977
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3Cited by14 opinions
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- Tucker v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1982
- State v. StillwellNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1980
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