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Petitions for Review

Oregon Supreme Court
Sep 21, 1999
329 Or. 358 (Or. 1999)

Summary

upholding the trial court's denial of the defendant's motion for judgment of acquittal because the challenged language could be stricken from the indictment without rendering it subject to demurrer for failure to state a crime, the defendant had demonstrated no prejudice from the variance between the allegations and proof, and the "`amendment' of the indictment did not impermissibly circumvent or supercede the constitutional function of the grand jury by subjecting defendant to trial and conviction based on facts materially different from those presented to the grand jury"

Summary of this case from State v. Newman

Opinion

September 21, 1999


Summaries of

Petitions for Review

Oregon Supreme Court
Sep 21, 1999
329 Or. 358 (Or. 1999)

upholding the trial court's denial of the defendant's motion for judgment of acquittal because the challenged language could be stricken from the indictment without rendering it subject to demurrer for failure to state a crime, the defendant had demonstrated no prejudice from the variance between the allegations and proof, and the "`amendment' of the indictment did not impermissibly circumvent or supercede the constitutional function of the grand jury by subjecting defendant to trial and conviction based on facts materially different from those presented to the grand jury"

Summary of this case from State v. Newman

noting that Article VII (Amended), section 5, prohibits amendments to indictments that "circumvent or supersede the constitutional function of the grand jury by subjecting defendant to trial and conviction based on facts materially different from those presented to the grand jury"

Summary of this case from State v. Kuznetsov
Case details for

Petitions for Review

Case Details

Full title:PETITIONS FOR REVIEW

Court:Oregon Supreme Court

Date published: Sep 21, 1999

Citations

329 Or. 358 (Or. 1999)

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