The People v. Bagato

Defendant, Raymond Bagato, was convicted of the crime of unlawful sale and possession of narcotics by the criminal court of Cook County in a trial without a jury. He was sentenced to the Illinois State penitentiary for a term of a minimum of 10 years and a maximum of 12 years. On this writ of error to review that judgment, defendant contends that his motion for discharge should have been allowed, since he was not tried within four months of incarceration, and the delay was not attributable to him.

From the record it appears that defendant was arrested on April 21, i960, on a charge of…