Court Opinion

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OPINION ON REHEARING
(May 12, 1997)
RILEY, Judge.
Defendant-Appellant Charles E. Taylor (Taylor) has petitioned for rehearing of our decision in Taylor v. State, 677 N.E.2d 56 (Ind.Ct.App.1997). We grant Taylor’s petition for clarification on one issue, and we affirm our earlier decision.
Taylor asserts that our opinion is in error because of the inclusion in a footnote of a case which has been overruled as to the principle cited. Taylor, op. pg. 67 n.9, (citing Wilson v. State, 635 N.E.2d 1109 (Ind.Ct.App.1994), rev’d, 644 N.E.2d 555 (Ind.1995)). Our conclusion was not based on Wilson. Instead, our opinion was based on the trial court’s discretion to allow the information to be amended pursuant to Indiana Code 35-34-l-5(a). Taylor v. State, op. pg. 67-68. We found that the amendment of the information did not change the theory of the case, change the identity of the offense charged, or prejudice Taylor’s substantial rights. Taylor was not mislead by the information; he was not at risk of double jeopardy; and, he was not denied any possible defenses. Therefore, the trial court did not err in allowing the amendment of the information. See Hart v. State, 671 N.E.2d 420 (Ind.Ct.App.1996); Gordon v. State, 645 N.E.2d 25 (Ind.Ct.App.1995), reh’g denied, trans. denied; Robertson v. State, 650 N.E.2d 1177 (Ind.Ct.App.1995), reh’g denied; Taylor v. State, 614 N.E.2d 944 (Ind.Ct.App.1993), trans. denied.
In discussing the issue, we included a citation to Wilson v. State, 635 N.E.2d 1109 (Ind.Ct.App.1994) in a footnote. See Taylor, opinion at 67, n. 9. Wilson, which has been overturned by our supreme court, was cited only for purposes of illustration. It did not form the basis for our decision. See Wilson v. State, 635 N.E.2d 1109 (Ind.Ct.App.1994).
We have instructed West Publishing Company to delete footnote 9 in our reported decision.
ROBERTSON, J., concurs.
CHEZEM, J., concurs in result.