Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Billy Lynn Stevens, Appellant v. the State of Texas, Appellee

January 25, 19951995 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 4

Summary

The Court affirmed the conviction for aggravated sexual assault, holding that a variance between an indictment's pseudonym and the victim's legal name is not fatal where the defendant received adequate notice. It also held that the fatal variance doctrine does not apply to pseudonym cases under Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 57.02.