People v. Bell

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE GUILD

delivered the opinion of the court:

The State appeals from an order of the trial court which dismissed a renewed criminal complaint for reckless driving (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 95½, par. 11—503), brought against the defendant after an original criminal complaint for the same offense was nol-prossed by the State.

The defendant was originally charged by a criminal complaint, sworn to on December 20, 1977, with having committed the offense of reckless driving on the 19th of December, 1977. The defendant was arrested on January 3, 1978, and was released on a *1000 bond.…