![]() As amended February 28, 1966, effective July 1, 1966." A bill of particulars may be amended at any time subject to such conditions as justice requires. A motion for a bill of particulars may be made before arraignment or within ten days after arraignment or at such later time as the court may permit. The court may direct the filing of a bill of particulars. Our rule closely parallels Rule 7(f) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure which provides: ![]() This provision is to be construed to serve that singular purpose, and is not meant to be used for purposes of broad discovery." "Subsection (c) provides for a bill of particulars where needed by the defendant in order that the defendant can know precisely what he is charged with. The drafting committee's comment to this rule is as follows: Upon motion of the defendant the court may direct the filing of a bill of particulars so as to adequately identify the offense charged." Rule 7(c), Tennessee Rules of Criminal Procedure, (effective July 13, 1978), provides: We granted review at the request of the defendant to consider the bill of particulars issue. The Court of Criminal Appeals, in a two-to-one decision, Judge Daugherty dissenting, concluded that the trial court did not err in denying the motion for a bill of particulars, finding no abuse of discretion. This motion for a bill of particulars was denied by the trial court as was defendant's motion for a new trial which, in part, alleged error of the trial court in denying the motion for a bill of particulars. for a bill of particulars on the grounds that further information and detail regarding the day and place of the crimes alleged in the indictment in counts one, two, three and four is necessary for the defendant to frame a proper defense." Well prior to trial, the defendant filed a motion that, on the day in the year aforesaid, the unlawfully, and feloniously did accomplish sexual penetration of, a child less than 13 years of age, et cetera." on a certain day of _, A.D., 1980, and subsequent thereto in the county of Roane did then and there unlawfully and feloniously accomplish sexual penetration of, a child less than 13 years of age, contrary to the form of the statute, et cetera." Count three of the indictment charged: In the first count of the indictment it was charged that: ![]() ![]() Under a four-count indictment the defendant was convicted of two counts of *55 aggravated rape, one of a stepdaughter, and the other of a stepson, and received sentences of 20 years each which were ordered to run concurrently. Scott McCluen, Harriman, for defendant-appellant. Gen., Nashville, for plaintiff-appellee William M. Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville. ![]()
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