For a complaint or information to
be sufficient, it must state the name of the accused; the designation of
the offense given by the statute; the acts or omissions complained of as
constituting the offense; the name of the offended party; the approximate time
of the commission of the offense, and the place wherein the offense was committed.
What is controlling is not
the title of the complaint, nor the designation of the offense charged or the
particular law or part thereof allegedly violated, these being mere
conclusions of law made by the prosecutor, but the description of the crime
charged and the particular facts therein recited.
The requirement of alleging the elements of a crime in
the information is to inform the accused of the nature of the accusation
against him so as to enable him to suitably prepare his defense. The presumption
is that the accused has no independent knowledge of the facts that constitute
the offense.
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