When does an arrest initiate prosecution for speedy trial purposes?

QUESTIONS PRESENTED APPELLATE DISTRICT COURTS IN ILLINOIS ARE SPLIT ON HOW AN ARREST INITIATES PROSECUTION OR WHETHER IT DOES ATALL. ARE THERE CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE A PERSON‘S ARREST AND ACCUSATION FOR AN OFFENSE, WITH DELAYS, CAN INITIATE HIS PROSECUTION FOR. PURPOSES OF HIS CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TOA SPEEDY TRIAL. IN ILLINOIS, INDIGIGENT DEFENDANTS WHO ARE REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC DEFENDERS’ OFFICES’ ARE UNDER A DIFFERENT STANDARD REGARDING CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AS THOSE REPRESENTED BY A PRIVATE LAW FIRM. ARE THERE ANY CONCEIVABLE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT COULD CREATE AN OFFICE-WIDE CONFLICT OF INTEREST IN A PUBLIC DEFENDER‘S OFFICE. ILLINOIS SAYS NO. |