PEOPLE v. CHITWOOD

No. 75-431.

42 Ill. App.3d 680 (1976)

356 N.E.2d 592

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CARMON R. CHITWOOD, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed October 7, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen P. Hurley and Ann Hilbert Blandford, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Mt. Vernon, for appellant.

Philip C. Quindry, State's Attorney, of Albion (Bruce D. Irish, of Illinois State's Attorneys Association, and Richard Faught, law student, of counsel), for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE GEORGE J. MORAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Carmon R. Chitwood, was tried before the Circuit Court of Edwards County on a charge of reckless driving. After a bench trial, he was convicted and sentenced to six months periodic imprisonment. Defendant contends, for the first time on appeal, that the complaint upon which he was tried and convicted was insufficient because it failed to set forth the nature and...

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