People v. Hampton

The defendant was charged with the crime of Attempt Theft from the person. He appeals from a judgment on a verdict wherein he was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of not less than three years and not more than three years and one day.

The indictment charged defendant with the offense of attempt but failed to cite the statutory section allegedly violated as required by Ill Rev Stats 1967, c 88, § 111-3 (a). Instead, the indictment cited the statutory section for Theft (16-1). Defendant objected to this statutory violation in a pretrial motion to dismiss and preserved it with a motion in…