People v. Morrissey

Defendant, Thomas Morrissey, appeals from the judgment of the circuit court of Christian County entered upon his plea of guilty to the offense of aggravated assault. He was sentenced to a term of eight months in the Illinois State Farm at Vandalia.

As grounds for reversal defendant contends first that unless waived as provided by Rule 401(b) the offense of aggravated assault can be charged only by indictment, and that defendant was neither advised of, nor waived, his right to be so charged.

The record shows that defendant was arraigned on a complaint which charged an offense of aggravated…