The PEOPLE v. Lybarger

The defendant Lybarger was indicted by the grand jury of McDonough County on May 5, 1959, on two charges of burglary and larceny and one of assault with intent to murder. He was placed in the McDonough County jail pursuant to a capias on September 23, 1959. Prior to arraignment, he filed motions for discharge in all three cases, (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1959, chap. 38, par. 748,) claiming that he had been denied a speedy trial. The motions were heard on November 10, 1959, taken under advisement and denied on November 17, 1959. Defendant then entered a plea of not guilty to the burglary indictment in…