People v. Chitwood

Mr. JUSTICE GEORGE J. MORAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Garmon R. Chitwood, was tried before the Circuit Court of Edwards County on a charge of reckless driving. After a bench trial, he was convicted and sentenced to six months periodic imprisonment. Defendant contends, for the first time on appeal, that the complaint upon which he was tried and convicted was insufficient because it failed to set forth the nature and elements of the offense charged, as required by section 111 — 3(a)(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 38, par. 111 — 3(a)(3).

Defendan…