284 Ga. App. 400 - Chambers v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2007
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
June 2016
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Robinson v. State · 234 Ga. App. 556 - McKay v. State · 217 Ga. App. 636 - Williams v. State · Mobley v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“The true inquiry ... is not whether there has been a variance in proof, but whether there has been such a variance as to affect the substantial rights of the accused. It is the underlying reasons for the rule which must be served: 1) the allegations must definitely inform the accused as to the charges against him as to enable him to present his defense and not to be taken by surprise, and 2) the allegations must be adequate to protect the accused against another prosecution for the same offense. Only if the allegations fail to meet these tests is the variance “fatal.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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