Illinois Appellate Court
Criminal Court
Speedy Trial
(Court opinion corrected 6/12/20.) Defendant was convicted, after bench trial, of battery. Defendant filed motion for new trial, asserting that he did not receive a speedy trial. Court found, based on its own recollection and its interpretation of various docket entries, that Defendant agreed to continuance generally and did not object to the continuance and acquiesced in the setting of a mutually agreeable trial date. Given the lack of a transcript of hearing when, per court order, "motion for continuance by agreement", an agreed statement of facts, or a bystander's report, Defendant cannot meet his burden to show otherwise.(HUDSON and BRENNAN, concurring.)