People v. Zakarauskas

PRESIDING JUSTICE CAHILL

delivered the opinion of the court:

The State in this appeal argues that the trial court erred in granting defendant Edmund Zakarauskas’s motion to dismiss a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI) based on a speedy trial violation. We believe the trial court erred in finding that defendant’s failure to appear for a court date interrupted but did not waive his speedy trial demand. We reverse and remand for trial.

The speedy trial statute, section 103 — 5(b) of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 (Code) (725 ILCS 5/103 — 5(b) (West 2004)), was amended in…