People v. Nunnery

Defendant, Major Nunnery, was indicted in the circuit court of Cook County on three charges of armed robbery. Upon allowance of his petition based upon the 120-day rule (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1967, ch. 38, par. 103 — 5), defendant was discharged. The People appealed, the appellate court reversed and remanded the cause for trial (People v. Nunnery, 4 Ill. App. 3d 217), and we granted defendant leave to appeal.

The record shows that on February 9, 1969, defendant was arrested on charges of armed robbery, presumably the same offenses for which he was later indicted. On May 27 two indictments were…