STATE v. PHIPPEN

No. 58768.

244 N.W.2d 574 (1976)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Richard Mark PHIPPEN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

July 30, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold G. DeKay, Atlantic, for appellant.

Richard C. Turner, Atty. Gen., Earl W. Roberts, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Jay E. Howe, Adair County Atty., for appellee.

Heard by MOORE, C.J., and LeGRAND, REES, UHLENHOPP and REYNOLDSON, JJ.


UHLENHOPP, Justice.

This appeal involves requirements for informations or complaints charging nonindictable misdemeanors.

State Trooper Steve Conlon stopped defendant Richard Mark Phippen for recklessly operating a motorcycle. Trooper Conlon employed the Iowa Uniform Traffic Citation and Complaint to charge defendant with the offense, and signed that form. The form contained the following, which was also signed by Trooper Conlon but not by anyone else:

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