Key legal question
Whether the conviction breached the indictment principle by relying on an omission not charged in the indictment.
Extracted holding
Yes. The indictment alleged active conduct—having the misleading poster put up—whereas the appellate court convicted on the basis that the defendant failed to prevent or correct the poster after learning of its misleading nature.
Extracted reasoning
The indictment delimited the trial to the charged act and did not mention the prior customer incident or any omission. A conviction for an uncharged omission restricted the defense and violated the indictment principle and the right to be heard.