People v. Betts

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE SIMON

delivered the opinion of the court:

In this prosecution, which was instituted by grand jury indictment, the State found it necessary to amend the indictment several times to properly state the offense which it felt its proof would show. The issue is whether these amendments were permissible under the statute which allows amendments to correct technical and formal defects such as miswriting, misspelling, grammatical errors or the failure to negative any proviso contained in the statute defining the offense. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 38, par. 111 — 5.) Our conclusion…