The PEOPLE v. Tammen

In a bench trial before a magistrate of the circuit court of Livingston County, defendant, Wayne J. Tammen, was found guilty of the offense of drag racing and was given a suspended sentence of seven days in the county jail and ordered to pay costs of the proceeding. He alleges violations of his constitutional rights on appeal.

Defendant was charged on an “Illinois Uniform Traffic Ticket and Complaint” in the form referred to in the Rule of this court then in effect which related to procedures in traffic and certain other misdemeanor cases, the substance of which is contained in our present…