People v. Dellecarto

Angela Dellecarto was charged with six counts of theft (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 38, par. 16 — 1(a)(1)) and six counts of public assistance fraud (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 23, par. 11 — 21). The case was called for trial in the circuit court of Cook County. After certain proceedings, which will be described, the trial judge ordered the case “dismissed for want of prosecution, with prejudice.” On the defendant’s motion, the dismissal was changed to an order of “acquittal” the following day. The State appeals from this ruling.

On April 15, 1977, this case came up for a conference with the…