725 ILCS 5/111-5 : Rights and Remedies — Criminal Procedure — Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 — Proceedings to Commence Prosecution — Charging An Offense —5 - Formal defects in a charge

An indictment, information or complaint which charges the commission of an offense in accordance with Section 111--3 of this Code shall not be dismissed and may be amended on motion by the State's Attorney or defendant at any time because of formal defects, including:

(a) Any miswriting, misspelling or grammatical error;
(b) Any misjoinder of the parties defendant;
(c) Any misjoinder of the offense charged;
(d) The presence of any unnecessary allegation;
(e) The failure to negative any exception, any excuse or proviso contained in the statute defining the offense; or
(f) The use of alternative or disjunctive allegations as to the acts, means, intents or results charged.

725 ILCS 5/111-5

Laws 1963, p. 2836.
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