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State v. Dipley

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided May 9, 1912PublishedCited by 17 opinions

Appeal from Webster Circuit Court. — Hon. G. H. Skinker, Judge. (1) Defendants’ request to instruct on all of the law, indicating in such request the particular' points to be covered, is sufficient upon which to .predicate error for non-instruction.

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Appeal from Webster Circuit Court. — Hon. G. H. Skinker, Judge. (1) Defendants’ request to instruct on all of the law, indicating in such request the particular' points to be covered, is sufficient upon which to .predicate error for non-instruction. Laws 1901, p. 140; State v. Weatherman, 202 Mo. 611; State v. Bond, 191 Mo. 555; State v. Chenault, 212 Mo. 132; State v. Barnett, 203 Mo. 657. Where instructions have been asked by defendant which are improper in form, this so far brings the matter to the attention of the court that it becomes the duty of the court to then give proper…

1Opinion of the CourtKennish, J.

Upon an information charging murder in the first degree for the killing of Stanley Ketchel, appellants were tried and convicted of that offense at the. January term, 1911, of the circuit court of Webster county, and were sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for life. They appealed to this court.

The crime was charged to have been committed on the 15th day of October, 1910, at said county, by the *468shooting of Ketchel with a rifle in the hands of the appellant Walter Dipley. Appellant Goldie Smith was charged as an accessory before the fact. No point is made on this appeal as to the…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. State v. EllisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1881
  2. State v. CushenberrySupreme Court of Missouri · 1900
  3. State v. BobbittSupreme Court of Missouri · 1908
  4. State v. SperitusSupreme Court of Missouri · 1905
  5. State v. ReedSupreme Court of Missouri · 1897

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. People v. DoranNew York Court of Appeals · 1927
  2. State v. LasterSupreme Court of Missouri · 1956
  3. German Evangelical Bethel Church of Concordia v. ReithSupreme Court of Missouri · 1931
  4. State v. JonesSupreme Court of Missouri · 1964
  5. State v. LondeSupreme Court of Missouri · 1939

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