People v. Ripa

presented the opinion of the court:

The State appeals from an order of the circuit court of Du Page County discharging defendant, Mark A. Ripa, from custody pursuant to his petition brought under the Habeas Corpus Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 65, par. 1 et seq.).

On February 14, 1978, defendant was convicted of offenses under the Cannabis Control Act and the Illinois Controlled Substances Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 56V2, pars. 704(e), 705, 1204(d)) and on June 15, 1978, was sentenced to concurrent terms of two years’ imprisonment and ordered to pay a fine of $5,000. Defendant was remanded…