Washington v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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• affirming despite variance between the indictment and the jury instructions when defendant was not surprised by the evidence and his substantial rights were not jeopardized
• no prejudice where indictment charged defendant with “intentionally causing” injury, but jury instructions also permitted conviction upon a finding that defendant “attempted to cause” injury
• no prejudice where indictment charged defendant with \intentionally causing\ injury, but jury instructions also permitted conviction upon a finding that defendant \attempted to cause\ injury

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Cited by

2 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Johnson v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2003-05-22· cited 157×
• Thomas v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2004-11-18· cited 36×

Cites

3 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Benham
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1991-09-26· cited 794×
• Robards v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1967-10-13· cited 17×
• Commonwealth v. Day
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1980-04-22· cited 13×