People v. Headrick
Decision Date | 03 December 1965 |
Docket Number | No. 64-149,64-149 |
Citation | 212 N.E.2d 102,65 Ill.App.2d 169 |
Parties | The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Defendant in Error, v. Samuel HEADRICK (Impleaded) Plaintiff in Error. |
Court | United States Appellate Court of Illinois |
John R. Snively, Rockford, for plaintiff in error.
William G. Clark, Atty. Gen., Springfield, Fred G. Leach and E. Michael O'Brien, Asst. Atty. Gen., Springfield, John. A. Strom, State's Atty., Belvidere, for defendant in error.
The People filed an information against Carl Max Headrick, Sam Headrick and James Lockinger with the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Boone County on May 11, 1962, alleging they had knowingly committed the offense of burglary. Carl Max Headrick and James Lockinger entered a plea of guilty and Sam Headrick was granted probation after being found guilty of burglary by a jury. Upon a proceeding for revocation of probation he was sentenced to the penitentiary for a period of not less than one nor more than ten years. The revocation proceeding was reviewed by this Court in State v. Headrick, 54 Ill.App.2d 44, 203 N.E.2d 157.
This is a review of the original trial on transfer from the Supreme Court. Defendant contends his constitutional right to demand and nature and cause of the accusation was denied him in that the information failed to sufficiently describe the building and failed to give the street address of the property or its more specific location in the County.
A review of the record discloses that an oral motion to quash the information was submitted to the Court without argument. An oral motion to quash an indictment without pointing out wherein it is defective is in the nature of a general demurrer, and, therefore, raises only questions relating to defects of substance. Under these circumstances, where the motion is denied, the ruling of the court can only be held erroneous where there are innate and substantial defects in the indictment which would make it insufficient to support a judgment. People v. Lee, 356 Ill. 294, 295, 190 N.E. 264; People v. Fox, 346 Ill. 374, 376, 178 N.E. 907. In People v. King, 50 Ill.App.2d 421 at 429, 200 N.E.2d 411 at 415, the Court stated: '* * * while the absence of the address of a burglary is a defect for which an indictment may be quashed upon motion in the trial court, nevertheless, a failure to so move will constitute a waiver of such defect since it is not jurisdictional.'
Defendant (Plaintiff in Error) assigned the following additional errors:
1) A proper foundation was not laid to make two witnesses called by the State Court's witnesses.
2) The entire written statement of one of said witnesses should not have been read to the jury.
3) The prior conviction of felony was not properly proved.
4) There was insufficient proof of identity of defendant.
5) The evidence was insufficient to sustain the conviction.
6) The verdict was fatally defective.
James Lockinger was called by the State as a Court's witness. The record is void of any objection to this procedure and the failure to object is regarded as a waiver and cannot be urged upon appeal. People v. Trefonas, 9 Ill.2d 92, 98, 136 N.E.2d 817.
The second witness, Carl Max Headrick, a brother of the Plaintiff in Error, who had previously pled guilty to the information herein, in his direct testimony appears to have contradicted the contents of a written statement on a previous occasion. It was not until direct testimony was presented to the trial court that the State obtained permission to interrogate this witness as a Court's witness. The State under these circumstances should not be compelled to vouch for the witness's veracity. People v. Robinson, 14 Ill.2d 325, 333, 334, 153 N.E.2d 65.
The reading of the short statement made by the witness to the jury which reiterated very succinctly the events of the evening, although repetitious of the direct testimony in part and contradictory in other aspects, cannot be considered as prejudicial error. The events were well and amply covered by the interrogatories by the attorneys on direct and cross examination. The contradictory portions of the short statement are admissible for impeachment purposes, but not as to any evidence of any fact touching on the issues to be tried. People v. Dascola, 322 Ill. 473, 488, 153 N.E. 710.
The Defendant next contends that the trial court permitted at the cross examination of the defendant (Plaintiff in Error) an inquiry relative to a conviction for forgery. It appears from the record that a certified copy of the conviction was introduced and admitted, though the document does not appear in the record. In People v. Neukom, 16 Ill.2d 340, 348, 158 N.E.2d 53, it was held that the...
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