People v. Mrozek

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE STENGEL

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant James Mrozek was indicted for murder and convicted of voluntary manslaughter after a jury trial in the Circuit Court of Will County. He received a prison sentence of from 2 2/3 to 8 years. The issues on appeal are whether the defendant was entitled to discharge under the speedy trial statute (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 38, par. 103—5), and whether the trial court correctly refused defendant’s motions to suppress a confession and identification.

The facts as revealed during defendant’s trial and combined hearing on his…