People v. Garbo
Case Date: 06/02/1997
Court: 4th District Appellate
Docket No: 4-96-0511
IN THE APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS FOURTH DISTRICT THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, ) Appeal from Plaintiff-Appellant, ) Circuit Court of v. ) Coles County TAMARA L. GARBO, ) No. 96TR2257 Defendant-Appellee. ) ) Honorable ) Dale A. Cini, ) Judge Presiding. _________________________________________________________________ JUSTICE McCULLOUGH delivered the opinion of the court: The State appeals pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 604(a)(1) (145 Ill. 2d R. 604(a)(1)) from the order of the circuit court of Coles County dismissing its information charging defendant Tamara L. Garbo with the offense of driving while her license was suspended in violation of section 6-303(a) of the Illinois Vehicle Code (Vehicle Code) (625 ILCS 5/6-303(a) (West 1994)). The information was dismissed for failure to state an offense. 725 ILCS 5/114-1(a)(8) (West 1994). We affirm. The information alleged that, in driving or being in actual physical control of a motor vehicle on February 22, 1996, defendant was driving while license suspended because her driver's license had been suspended for a statutory summary suspension violation of section 11-501.1 of the Vehicle Code (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 95 |