§ 29-1502. Variance in name or description; effect.

Whenever on trial of any indictment for any offense there shall appear to be any variance between the statement in such indictment and the evidence offered in proof thereof in the given name or surname, or both given name and surname, or other description whatever of any person whomsoever therein named or described, or in the name or description of any matter or thing whatsoever therein named or described, such variance shall not be deemed ground for an acquittal of the defendant, unless the court before which the trial shall be had shall find that such variance is material to the merits of the case or may be prejudicial to the defendant. History: G.S.1873, c. 58, § 413, p. 817; R.S.1913, § 9051; C.S.1922, § 10075; C.S.1929, § 29-1502; R.S.1943, § 29-1502; Laws 1999, LB 72, § 3.