People v. Patete

Pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 604(a)(1) (73 Ill. 2d R. 604(a)(1)), the State appeals from a judgment granting defendant’s motion to dismiss the information charging him with aggravated battery and criminal damage to property. On appeal, the State contends that dismissal was improper since the trial court erroneously concluded that defendant was placed in double jeopardy and that the State violated the compulsory joinder provisions of the Criminal Code. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 38, par. 3 — 3.

Complainant testified that on the morning of November 11, 1976, he was driving to work. When he…