193 So. 2d 728 - Meyer v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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7 state decisions

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1. “This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction of the crime of embezzlement. In all essential respects the indictment is in the exact language of the indictment in Langford v. State, 239 Miss. 483 , 123 So.2d 614 (1960). In that case this Court reversed because the indictment did not set out who owned the property allegedly embezzled. In this case, as in Langford , the defendant did not demur to the indictment. In Langford the Court held that the failure of the indictment to name the owner of the property allegedly embezzled was not a formal defect that could be corrected by amendment under Mississippi Code Annotated section 2449 (1956) and that Langford had not waived the defect by failing to demur. Unless we overrule Langford the present case must be reversed. * * * * * * Because of the defect in the indictment in failing to name the owner of the property allegedly embezzled, this case is reversed and remanded. The defendant will be held under the same bond to await further action of the grand jury. (Emphasis added). ( 193 So.2d at 729 ).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Westmoreland v. State