· 9/26/1989
United States v. Michael Robert Laykin, United States of America v. Dennis Lee Crain
Citations
- 886 F.2d 1534
- 1989 U.S. App. LEXIS 14452
How courts have described this case
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- discussing, in a federal criminal case, a variance between the date of conspiracy charged in the indictment and the proof at trial
- describing as adequate notice an indictment that was uncertain as to time but alleged clear overt acts in furtherance of the conspiracy
- requiring only that the defendants had adequate notice of the charges against them
- holding error harmless where limiting instruction was provided
- 18 specific facts alleged in the indictment were sufficient to limit the time frame
- no prejudice from four month variance in conspiracy's starting date
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Judges: Tang, Reinhardt, Wiggins
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