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State v. Lynch

Citations

  • 545 S.E.2d 511
  • 344 S.C. 635
  • 2001 S.C. LEXIS 73

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  • holding the trial court did not have jurisdiction after an amendment to an indictment where the substituted aggravating circumstance was “quite distinct” from the original circumstance and required proof that was “materially different”
  • holding the nature of the offense changed when an indictment for first-degree burglary was amended to change the aggravating circumstance from entering during darkness to causing physical injury because “the proof required for each aggravating circumstance [was] materially different”
  • holding the nature of the offense changed when an indictment for first-degree burglary was amended to change the aggravating circumstance from entering during darkness to causing physical injury because \the proof required for each aggravating circumstance [was] materially different\
  • indictment may be amended provided such amendment does not change nature of offense charged
  • indictment may be amended provided such amendment does not change nature of offense charged
  • “A circuit court has subject matter jurisdiction if: (1) there has been an indictment which sufficiently states the offense; (2) there has been a waiver of indictment; or (3) the charge is a lesser included charge of the crime charged in the indictment.”

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Judges: Waller, Toal, Burnett, Pleicones, Gregory

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