{ "id": 3568759, "name": "THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JOHN DOHERTY, Defendant-Appellant", "name_abbreviation": "People v. Doherty", "decision_date": "1986-01-08", "docket_number": "No. 5-85-0162", "first_page": "1028", "last_page": "1032", "citations": [ { "type": "official", "cite": "139 Ill. App. 3d 1028" } ], "court": { "name_abbreviation": "Ill. App. Ct.", "id": 8837, "name": "Illinois Appellate Court" }, "jurisdiction": { "id": 29, "name_long": "Illinois", "name": "Ill." }, "cites_to": [ { "cite": "473 N.E.2d 89", "category": "reporters:state_regional", "reporter": "N.E.2d", "weight": 2, "pin_cites": [ { "page": "91" } ], "opinion_index": 0 }, { "cite": "129 Ill. App. 3d 724", "category": "reporters:state", "reporter": "Ill. 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App. 3d", "case_ids": [ 12141006 ], "opinion_index": 0, "case_paths": [ "/ill-app-3d/96/0700-01" ] } ], "analysis": { "cardinality": 512, "char_count": 8884, "ocr_confidence": 0.762, "pagerank": { "raw": 1.8262114302873572e-07, "percentile": 0.720063795225127 }, "sha256": "2a3e718edfc5a76f543d652da781001cccec2121a7f4e8dd7f522120a3ed14c4", "simhash": "1:c7ee50f70307c0dc", "word_count": 1488 }, "last_updated": "2023-07-14T16:28:01.821667+00:00", "provenance": { "date_added": "2019-08-29", "source": "Harvard", "batch": "2018" }, "casebody": { "judges": [], "parties": [ "THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JOHN DOHERTY, Defendant-Appellant." ], "opinions": [ { "text": "JUSTICE JONES\ndelivered the opinion of the court:\nThe defendant, John Doherty, was convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol (HI. Rev. Stat., 1984 Supp., ch. 95V2, par. 11\u2014 501(a)(2)) by a jury in the circuit court of Jackson County. Defendant was fined $500. On appeal, defendant contends that Lawrence Eaton, a police officer with the Southern Hlinois University (SIU) police department, was without authority to arrest him and that the traffic citation did not state an offense. We affirm.\nOfficer Eaton observed defendant drive over a curb and accelerate rapidly after making a left turn. Officer Eaton had been checking the Washington Square Complex, in which the SIU police station is located on South Washington Street, when he observed defendant drive over the curb. Eaton then followed defendant on East Grand Street past the recreation center building and on to defendant\u2019s trailer. Having reviewed the record, this court can take judicial notice of the fact that Washington and Grand streets lie within the city of Carbondale and are in close proximity to the campus of SIU. (See People v. Luigs (1981), 96 Ill. App. 3d 700, 421 N.E.2d 961.) Further, in the case at bar, defendant\u2019s alleged activity was viewed in close proximity to SIU property, i.e., the SIU police station.\nSection 8(10) of the \u201cSouthern Hlinois University Revenue-producing Buildings and Structures Act\u201d (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 144, par. 658(10)) provides:\n\u00ab*** Members of the Police Department [of Southerii Illinois University] shall be conservators of the peace and as such have all powers possessed by policemen in cities, and sheriffs, including the power to make arrests on view or warrants of violations of state statutes, university rules and regulations and city or county ordinances, except that they may exercise such powers only within counties wherein the university and any of its branches or properties are located when such is required for the protection of university properties and interests, and its students and personnel, and otherwise, within such counties, when requested by appropriate State or local law enforcement officials. However, such officers shall have no power to serve and execute civil processes.\u201d\nThe primary rule of statutory construction is to ascertain the intention of the legislature and then to give effect to it. (In re Marriage of Logston (1984), 103 Ill. 2d 266, 469 N.E.2d 167; People v. Sturlie (1985), 130 Ill. App. 3d 120, 474 N.E.2d 1.) This court has previously ruled that members of the SIU police department are vested by statute with the duty to maintain peace on campus. Within their defined jurisdiction and subject to certain limitations, SIU police officers have the same powers of arrest as policemen in cities and county sheriffs. (People v. Picha (1976), 44 111. App. 3d 759, 358 N.E.2d 937.) We believe that the statute in question should be broadly construed to fulfill the legislative purpose of protecting students, staff and property of SIU by providing effective law enforcement personnel in addition to city, county and State' police. Here, defendant\u2019s alleged conduct was observed by Officer Eaton in close proximity to SIU property, and Officer Eaton arrested defendant in the vicinity of the SIU campus. The foregoing events occurred within the confines of the city of Carbondale. We conclude that the trial court did not err in denying the motion to quash the arrest as being beyond the authority of Officer Eaton.\nThe traffic citation states in relevant part:\n\u201cViolation: Other Driving While Under the Influence\nin violation of I.V.C. X IRS\nL.O. Chap. Sec. Par. 951/2-ll-501(A)2.\u201d\nThe citation also alleged defendant\u2019s name, address and automobile description as well as the location and time of the offense.\nThe Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 provides:\n\u201cSec. 116 \u2014 2. Motion in Arrest of Judgment.\n(a) A written motion in arrest of judgment shall be filed by the defendant within 30 days following the entry of a verdict or finding of guilty. Reasonable notice of the motion shall be served upon the State.\n(b) The court shall grant the motion when:\n(1) The indictment, information or complaint does not charge an offense, or\n(2) The court is without jurisdiction of the cause.\u201d 111.\nRev. Stat. 1983, ch. 38, par. 116 \u2014 2.\nHistorically, a motion in arrest of judgment would \u25a0 open the entire record and reach any defect apparent upon its face. In People v. Gilmore (1976), 63 111. 2d 23, 344 N.E.2d 456, our supreme court pointed out that of the ten grounds enumerated in section 114 \u2014 1(a) of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 (111. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 38, par. 114 \u2014 1(a)) upon which an indictment, information or complaint may be dismissed upon allowance of a motion to dismiss made prior to trial, only two sections, sections 114 \u2014 1(a)(6) and (8), would support a motion in arrest of judgment. The supreme court said:\n\u201cThe legislative intent concerning the nonwaiver of the grounds for dismissal in sections 114 \u2014 1(a)(6) and 114 \u2014 1(a)(8) clearly was that even though not raised by pretrial motion they could be raised by motion in arrest of judgment. To that end section 116 \u2014 2 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 provides that following a verdict or finding of guilty judgment may be arrested when:\n\u2018(1) The indictment, information or complaint does not charge an offense, or\n(2) The court is without jurisdiction of the cause.\u2019 \u201d People v. Gilmore (1976), 63 Ill. 2d 23, 28, 344 N.E.2d 456, 459; People v. lutz (1978), 73 Ill. 2d 204, 210, 383 N.E.2d 171,173.\nIn People v. Utt (1983), 122 Ill. App. 3d 272, 461 N.E.2d 463, the court held a uniform traffic citation charging defendant with \u201cdriving under the influence,\u201d which included reference to section 11 \u2014 501(a) of the Illinois Vehicle Code (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 95V2, par. 11 \u2014 501(a)) prohibiting such offense insufficient to inform defendant of the charge against him because it did not specify the nature of the intoxicating substance that allegedly influenced him. The Utt court pointed out that section 11 \u2014 501(a) had four subparagraphs. Two of the subparagraphs referred to being under the influence of any drug other than alcohol or being taken in combination with alcohol. Therefore, the statutory citation did not inform the defendant whether he was being charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, or of drugs, or a combination of the two.\nAs a general rule, a pleading is to be read as a whole and, where a statute is cited therein, the statute and charge are to be read together. (People v. Phelan (1981), 99 Ill. App. 3d 925, 426 N.E.2d 925.) In People v. Atwell (1984), 129 Ill. App. 3d 724, 473 N.E.2d 89, the complaint was in the form of the Uniform Illinois Citation and Complaint (Uniform Traffic Ticket) and charged defendant with \u201cdriving under influence\u201d and cited section 11 \u2014 501(a)(2) of the Illinois Vehicle Code (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 95x/2, par. 11\u2014 501(a)(2)). The court ruled that the citation to 11 \u2014 501(a)(2) was sufficient to inform defendant that he was being charged with driving under the influence of alcohol. The court noted:\n\u201cInasmuch as the Uniform Traffic Ticket is only used for misdemeanors, is written by an arresting officer rather than a State\u2019s Attorney and is generally written at the time the offense is committed, we believe that naming the offense and citing it is sufficient and will generally be understood by the person charged.\u201d People v. Atwell (1984), 129 Ill. App. 3d 724, 726-27, 473 N.E.2d 89, 91.\nIn the case at bar, defendant was similarly charged as Atwell was charged. We find that the well-reasoned Atwell decision should be followed and that the traffic ticket in the case at bar is sufficient to state an offense. While it would have been better to have stated the offense as \u201cDriving under the influence of alcohol,\u201d omission of the words \u201cof alcohol\u201d is not fatal to the charge of the offense. The case at bar is distinguishable from Utt, because there is no doubt which specific subparagraph defendant has been charged with violating. We note further that defendant appeared and defended the charge of \u201cdriving under the influence of alcohol.\u201d Defendant did not object that he was prejudiced by any failing on his part to understand the charge. It was not until after trial that defendant contested the sufficiency of the charge.\nFor the foregoing reasons, the judgment of the circuit court of Jackson County is affirmed.\nAffirmed.\nHARRISON and EARNS, JJ., concur.", "type": "majority", "author": "JUSTICE JONES" } ], "attorneys": [ "Annette A. Eckert, of Belleville, for appellant.", "John Clemons, State\u2019s Attorney, of Murphysboro (Stephen E. Norris, of State\u2019s Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, and Charles E. Petersen, of counsel), for the People." ], "corrections": "", "head_matter": "THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JOHN DOHERTY, Defendant-Appellant.\nFifth District\nNo. 5-85-0162\nOpinion filed January 8, 1986.\nAnnette A. Eckert, of Belleville, for appellant.\nJohn Clemons, State\u2019s Attorney, of Murphysboro (Stephen E. Norris, of State\u2019s Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, and Charles E. Petersen, of counsel), for the People." }, "file_name": "1028-01", "first_page_order": 1050, "last_page_order": 1054 }