People v. DiBenedetto

Defendants, Angelo DiBenedetto and George Wyma, were charged by indictment on November 3,1978, with the thefts of property of a value over $150 committed on December 1 and 3, 1975. On January 19, 1979, defendants filed a motion to dismiss the indictment, alleging that preindictment delay in this case denied the defendants due process of law. On April 9, 1979, after a hearing, the trial court entered an order dismissing the indictment. The State appeals pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 604(a) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 110A, par. 604(a)). We reverse.

Investigator Thomas Petersik testified that he…