Legal Opinion

State v. Wilson

Washington Supreme Court

Decided January 8, 1915No. 12179PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Okanogan county, Claypool, J., entered February 2, 1914, upon a trial and conviction of “perjury in the second degree.”

1Opinion of the CourtChadwick, J.

Appellant is charged by information with the crime of perjury in the first degree. A further statement of the charge is unnecessary to the determination of the case in this court. After a trial, appellant was convicted of the crime of perjury in the second degree. A judgment upon the verdict was rendered and defendant was sentenced to imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a term of not less than six months nor more than two years.

Numerous errors are assigned, but few of them will require discussion in this court.

The court instructed the jury that an information charging perjury in the…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. State v. PepoonWashington Supreme Court · 1911
  2. State v. FurthWashington Supreme Court · 1914
  3. State v. KrugerWashington Supreme Court · 1910
  4. State v. AshWashington Supreme Court · 1912
  5. State v. McPhailWashington Supreme Court · 1905

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  5. State v. ReynoldsWashington Supreme Court · 1917

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