People v. Shields

The defendant, Fénix Shields, was indicted for the offenses of aggravated battery and attempted murder, alleged to have been committed on May 25, 1976, when the defendant stabbed his brother-in-law with a knife. After certain proceedings in the circuit court of Cook County, the trial judge ordered the indictment dismissed. On appeal, the State contended that the dismissal was improper because it was not based upon permissible statutory grounds. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 38, par. 114 — 1.) The appellate court, with one dissent, affirmed. (60 Ill. App. 3d 493.) It held that a continuance of…