The PEOPLE v. Olbrot

Following a jury trial in the circuit court of Cook County, defendant David Olbrot was convicted of aggravated battery and attempted murder and sentenced to serve concurrent terms of 3 to 5 years and 15 to 20 years respectively. These judgments were reversed by the appellate court for the First Judicial District (118 Ill.App.2d 142) which held defendant was denied a speedy trial in violation of the 120-day rule. (Ill.Rev.Stat. 1965, ch. 38, par. 103 — 5.) We allowed the State’s petition for leave to appeal.

Defendant was arrested on January 6, 1967, and on February 2, five indictments were…