Alexander v. State

Citations

• 40 Fla. 213

Syllabus

<p>Criminal Law — allegata et probata as to Date of Crime.</p> <p>It is well settled that while indictments for crime must generally state some time or date upon which the offense was committed, which date must be prior to the finding of the indictment and within the period when the offense would be barred by limitations, yet such time need not be stated accurately, except in those cases where the allegation of the precise time is material; and a different time from the one alleged may be proved at the trial, • and it will- be sufficient to sustain a conviction if such proof shows the offense to have been committed at any time prior to the indictment and within the bar of the statute, except in the cases where the exact time enters into the nature of the offensei -</p>