Case Name: Steve Tesca v. The State of Ohio
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1923
Citations: 1 Ohio Law Abs. 485
Docket Number: No. 17815
Parties: Steve Tesca v. The State of Ohio.
Judges: Marshall, C. J., Robinson, Jones, Matthias, Day and Allen, concur.
Reporter: The Ohio Law Abstract
Volume: 1
Pages: 485–485

Head Matter:
No. 17815
Steve Tesca v. The State of Ohio.
Error to the Court of Appeals of Licking county.
CRIMINAL LAW — (1) Materiality of date and time in charge — (2) Sufficiency of proof — Departure.

Opinion:
WANAMAKER, J.
1. In a criminal charge the exact date and time are immaterial unless in the nature of the offense exactness of time is essential. It is sufficient to prove the alleged offense at or about the time charged. (See Section 11238, General Code.)
2. It is the right of the state to prove the alleged criminal acts on or about the time and date formally charged; the defendant, in the presentation of his defense, has at least an equal right to depart from the exact time and dáte charged by the affidavit, information or indictment, or the testimony offered in support thereof.
Judgment reversed.
Marshall, C. J., Robinson, Jones, Matthias, Day and Allen, concur.