PEOPLE v. HEFFRON

No. 4-92-0571.

606 N.E.2d 805 (1992)

239 Ill. App.3d 932

179 Ill.Dec. 973

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Richard HEFFRON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

December 31, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan J. Novick, Jennings, Novick, Taseff, Smalley & Davis, Bloomington, for appellant.

Charles G. Reynard, State's Atty., Bloomington, Norbert J. Goetten, Director, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Springfield, Robert J. Biderman, Deputy Director, and David E. Mannchen, Staff Atty., for appellee.


Justice GREEN delivered the opinion of the court:

This case presents the question of whether the sufficiency of a traffic ticket can be successfully attacked for the first time by a motion in arrest of a judgment of conviction and sentence (Ill.Rev.Stat.1989, ch. 38, par. 116-2) when the ticket states that the accused is charged with reckless driving and cites the statutory provision creating this offense (Ill.Rev.Stat.1989, ch. 95½, par. 11-503(a)), but does...

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