Legal Opinion

State v. Browman

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided May 10, 1921PublishedCited by 24 opinions

Appeal from Polk District Court. — Joseph E. Meyer, Judge. Appeal by defendant from a conviction of the crime of murder in the first degree and sentence of life imprisonment.—

1Opinion of the CourtPeestoN, J.

‘ dence: suf- 6T1 ficiency. A summary of the errors relied upon is: The alleged insufficiency of the evidence; error of the court in ruling upon the admission of certain evidence and exhibits offered by the State; error in the instructions; a transaction that occurred in the court room during the trial; proceeding with the trial of the case to 11 jurors, with defendant’s consent, after a juror had been excused because of illness; misconduct of counsel for the State in argument to the jury.

The murdered man, C. J. McCarthy, was a police officer of the city, and had been for a number of years,…

2Cases cited32 opinions

  1. State v. BradySupreme Court of Iowa · 1896
  2. Oborn v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1910
  3. State v. KaufmanSupreme Court of Iowa · 1879
  4. State v. WaltersSupreme Court of Iowa · 1877
  5. State v. DesmondSupreme Court of Iowa · 1899

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. State v. RobySupreme Court of Iowa · 1922
  2. Connelly v. NolteSupreme Court of Iowa · 1946
  3. State v. BurrisSupreme Court of Iowa · 1924
  4. State v. HansenSupreme Court of Iowa · 1975
  5. State of Iowa v. Mark Gabriel MartinSupreme Court of Iowa · 2016

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