Topic: a defect may be considered formal or technical when its ame… · Go Syfert
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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 20 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from State v. Bruce.

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1 State v. Bruce Anchor
ariz · 1980
green “a defect may be considered formal or technical when its amendment does not operate to change the nature of the offense charged or to prejudice the defendant in any way.” 17
2 State v. Jones
arizctapp · 1996
green “when the amendment results in no change in the underlying offense or actual prejudice to the defendant, the indictment is automatically deemed amended to conform to the evidence adduced at trial.” 3

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