Legal Opinion

State v. Williams

Nevada Supreme Court

Decided July 15, 1909No. 1775PublishedCited by 19 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of the First Judicial District of the State of Nevada, Esmeralda County; F. P. Langan, Judge. George Williams was convicted of murder, and he appeals. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

By the Court,

Talbot, J.:

On behalf of the appellant it is claimed that the district court erred in impaneling the grand jury, in denying defendant’s motion to quash the indictment, in overruling his demurrer, in admitting designated testimony offered on behalf of the state, in making certain remarks and stating before the jury facts and conclusions concerning the evidence, in submitting to the jury a question of law which should have been decided by the court, and in proceeding with the trial without a plea being entered by or for the defendant.

The challenge to the panel of the grand jury was…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Redd v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1881
  2. Commonwealth v. PiperMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1876
  3. Commonwealth v. PreeceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1885
  4. People v. MillerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1901
  5. Commonwealth v. CulverMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1879

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. State v. FouquetteNevada Supreme Court · 1950
  2. State v. JukichNevada Supreme Court · 1926
  3. State v. SkaugNevada Supreme Court · 1945
  4. State v. BachmanNevada Supreme Court · 1917
  5. State v. BehiterNevada Supreme Court · 1934

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