Illinois · Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 (725 ILCS 5)
725 ILCS 5 § 103-5: Speedy trial.) (a) Every person in custody in this State for an alleged offense shall be tried by the court having jurisdiction within 120 days from the date he or she was taken into custody unless delay is occasioned by the defendant, by an examination for fitness ordered pursuant to Section 104-13
What this law says, in plain English
This statute establishes procedural timelines for criminal trials: defendants in custody must be tried within 120 days of arrest; defendants on pretrial release must be tried within 160 days of demanding trial, with certain exceptions for fitness examinations and continuances.
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