State v. Brown

HANSON, Judge.

Defendant was convicted of the crime of Drunken Driving in the Circuit Court of McCook County. He contends the conviction ■should be set aside because (1) he was denied a preliminary hearing on the Information filed in Circuit Court, and (2) Misconduct of the jury prevented a fair and impartial trial.

The filing of a preliminary information is one means of initiating a criminal prosecution in this state. An information cannot be filed against any person "for any offense until such person shall have had a preliminary examination thereof as provided by law before a magistrate,…