State v. Phippen

UHLENHOPP, Justice.

This appeal involves requirements for in-formations or complaints charging nonin-dictable 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:

I hereby swear or affirm that the information contained herein is true and correct to the best of my knowledge.

Defendant appeared in district…