State v. Shervey

Defendant was charged in district court by a traffic citation that read in pertinent part:

"That on the 4 day of Oct, 1976, at about 12:30 o’clock A.M. * * * Shervey, Curtis Ray * * * did unlawfully operate vehicle, Lie. No. KFK 944 * * * on a public street or highway * * * and then and there commit the following * * * traffic crime * * * Attempt to Alude in violation of state statute * * * in such case made and provided.”1

A traffic-offense complaint sufficiently states the offense charged if it contains "[a] statement or designation of the offense in such manner as can be readily understood…