People v. Allen
People v. Allen
Opinion of the Court
An information was filed accusing the defendant with having committed the crime of assault, with intent to commit murder, upon ,the person of one John Carl. Upon the trial the name of the person who was the subject of the assault was proved to be John Carlin. On motion of the defendant, the Court instructed the jury to acquit, on the ground of a variance between the information and the proof, and the jury accordingly rendered a verdict of not guilty by reason of the variance. The District Attorney then asked the Court to make an order, instructing him, the said District Attorney, to amend his information, which was denied by the Court. The defendant was then, on motion of his counsel, discharged from further custody. This appeal is taken by the People, alleging error under Section 11G5, Penal Code.
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- Full Case Name
- THE PEOPLE v. T. H. ALLEN
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- 5 cases
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- Published
- Syllabus
- Variance—New Information—Appeal.—It is within the power, and it is the duty of the court, where the accused has been acquitted on the ground of variance, to order his detention and to direct a new information; but as a new information can be filed without the order of the Court, there is no practical utility in an appeal from an order refusing to detain the prisoner, and an appeal therefore will not be entertained.