Court Opinion

ID: 9646337
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-23 12:57:27.629502+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:11:37.450389
License: Public Domain

ON STATE’S motion for rehearing.
GRAVES, Judge.
The state again insists that the given name of the injured party herein and the name set forth in the indictment sound the same, and under the doctrine of idem sonans, Seanda and Senaida sound the same.
Again, we are cited to authorities wherein it is shown that the failure to show injury upon the part of one accused of the offense should be given some weight as to his being misled concerning the identity of such person named in the indictment. While such doctrine finds support in isolated cases, its purport can be allowed to function only in the determination of whether the two names sound the same; otherwise the name itself would become immaterial if a showing be made as to the accused not having been misled. The fact that the accused knew that the presented witness, regardless of name, was the one for whom he was being tried for injuries, then the name of such person would be immaterial, and any name could have been alleged in the indictment; but knowledge of the identity could be substituted for the rule requiring the allegation and proof to correspond. The doctrine of injury might have some weight in determining the sound of the name, but could not destroy the doctrine of idem sonans itself.
We remain of the opinion that the names do not sound the same. Therefore, the motion will be overruled.