Supreme Court of South Carolina· 6/22/1987

State v. Munn

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357 S.E.2d 461
292 S.C. 497
1987 S.C. LEXIS 276

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concluding trial court lacks subject matter jurisdiction to convict defendant for an offense if there is no indictment charging him with the offense when the jury is sworn
testimony concerning the victim's identification of the perpetrator goes beyond the time and place of the assault and therefore is inadmissible hearsay
testimony concerning the victim’s identification of the perpetrator goes beyond the time and place of the assault and therefore is inadmissible hearsay
corroborative evidence of complaint or report limited to so much of complaint as identifies the time and place with that of misconduct charged
test of sufficiency of indictment is whether it contains necessary elements of offense intended to be charged and sufficiently apprises defendant of what he must be prepared to defend
test of sufficiency of indictment is whether it contains necessary elements of offense intended to be charged and sufficiently apprises defendant of what he must be prepared to defend

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Judges: Harwell, Ness, Gregory, Finney, Little-John

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