The indictment must be certain as to the person charged; but when the person's name is unknown to the grand jury, it may be so alleged without further identification or the person may be indicted under any name by which the person is generally known.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-13-203
Certainty as to person charged
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case State v. Nixon (1997)
Most recently applied in 961 So. 2d 181 - Ex Parte State (December 2006)
Code 1858, § 5116; Shan., § 7079; mod
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