Strickler v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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• holding that when an indictment is sufficient to give the accused “notice of the nature and character of the offense charged so he can make his defense” a Bill of Particulars is not required
• noting that where the evidence showed that two people were needed to accomplish the killing, both perpetrators were liable as “immediate perpetrators” of the offense
• affirming grant of jury instruction providing for conviction under the statute if the evidence proved defendant “jointly participated in the fatal beating”
• the purpose of the indictment and bill of particulars is to make the defendant aware of the \nature and character\ of the charges against him

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).