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Jackson v. State

Citations

  • 282 S.E.2d 181
  • 158 Ga. App. 702
  • 1981 Ga. App. LEXIS 2380

How courts have described this case

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  • no fatal variance where indictment identified weapon used in armed robbery as a shotgun but evidence proved it was a pistol
  • no fatal variance where the indictment described a shotgun as the weapon but the evidence revealed the weapon to be a pistol
  • no fatal variance where “the evidence showed that the robbery was committed with a shotgun, whereas the indictment alleged that it had been committed with a pistol”
  • no fatal variance where “the evidence showed that the robbery was committed with a shotgun, whereas the indictment alleged that it had been committed with a pistol”
  • in which the defendant’s conviction was upheld when the proof at trial showed the crime had been committed with a shotgun and not a pistol as alleged in the indictment

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Judges: Banke, Deen, Carley

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