People v. Anderson

The defendant appeals from a judgment of conviction entered by the Circuit Court of Lawrence County following a jury trial at which he was found guilty of driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor. He was fined $200.

First, the defendant contends that the traffic ticket on which he was prosecuted failed to charge an offense. It recited that he was charged with “D.W.I.”; left blank that area for the section of the vehicle code allegedly violated; and in the space for the chapter number of the statute violated there appeared “11 — 501,” the section of the allegedly violated…