Laughner v. State

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• holding that the best evidence rule applied to messages sent in an internet chat room supporting a charge for attempted child solicitation
• affirming conviction for attempted child solicitation based on communications with law 19 enforcement officer posing as child, prior to amendment of statute to permit convictions based upon defendant’s belief that he or she was communicating with a child
• declining to address whether an amendment was substantive because, “[a]s a general rule any information may be amended at any time before, during, or after trial as long as the amendment does not prejudice the substantial rights of the defendant” (alteration in original
• declining to address whether an amendment was substantive because, “[a]s a general rule any information may be amended at any time before, during, or after trial as long as the amendment does not prejudice the substantial rights of the defendant” (alteration in original
• declining to address whether an amendment was substantive because, “[a]s a general rule any information may be amended at any time before, during, or after trial as long as the amendment does not prejudice the substantial rights of the defendant” (alteration in original

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