Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Stringer v. Mississippi
93 L. Ed. 2d 300
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1986-10-20
- Topic
- general
“failing] to see how the wording of the indictment, although not grammatically correct, misled or confused appellant” | ―fail[ing] to see how the wording of the indictment, although not grammatically correct, misled or confused appellant‖ | a fatal variance does not exist merely because the word "murder" was used in the jury verdict rather than the words "intentional killing" as used in the indictment
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- 83 opinions
Sup. Ct. Miss.;
C. A. 5th Cir.;
Sup. Ct. Ala.;
Ct. Crim. App. Okla.;
Sup. Ct. Wash.;
Ct. Crim. App. Tex.; and
Sup. Ct. Mo. Certio-rari denied. Reported below: No. 85-7013, 485 So. 2d 274; No. 86-5192, 790 F. 2d 1232; No. 86-5297, 473 So. 2d 1110; No. 86-5369, 105 Wash. 2d 398, 717 P. 2d 722; No. 86-5381, 711 S. W. 2d 9; No. 86-5452, 711 S. W. 2d 512.