32 Cal. App. 514 - People v. Rippe’s Empirical Analysis

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9 state decisions

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1. ““While the information as originally filed did not state facts sufficient to constitute an offense known to the law (citing authority), nevertheless it did attempt to charge the crime of ‘obtaining property by false pretenses’ and the amended information did no more than show by a proper allegation that the note which was the subject matter of the false pretenses had become ‘property’ within the meaning of section 532 of the Penal Code, which defines the offense of obtaining property by false pretenses. (Citing authority.) .Obviously, therefore, the amended information did not charge an offense different from that attempted to be charged in the original information, which was admittedly founded upon the evidence taken at the preliminary examination, and consequently the filing of the amended information neither prejudiced the defendant nor contravened the provisions of section 1008 of the Penal Code.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 77 Cal. App. 745 - People v. Milligan