Legal Opinion

Solice v. State

Arizona Supreme Court

Decided November 3, 1920No. Criminal No. 487PublishedCited by 14 opinions

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of the County of Maricopa. E. C. Stanford, Judge.

1Opinion of the CourtBaker, J.

The appellant, Felipe Solice (alias Chamacho), was prosecuted and. convicted of the murder of one Margarito Avila, and his punishment was fixed at life imprisonment. By this appeal we are asked to review the judgment of conviction and reversé it.

It is first urged that it was error to force the appellant to trial under the information, which charged him with murder in the first degree, because “the information does not follow the commitment.” There *594is no merit in this contention. It is very true that the prosecuting officer must look to the commitment alone for his authority to file an…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Vicksburg & Meridian Railroad v. O'BrienSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  2. Travelers Insurance v. SheppardSupreme Court of Georgia · 1890
  3. Commonwealth v. WerntzSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1894
  4. Lewis v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1890
  5. Ford v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1899

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Beausoliel v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1939
  2. State v. MooreHawaii Supreme Court · 1996
  3. People v. BirdCalifornia Supreme Court · 1931
  4. State v. WooleryArizona Supreme Court · 1963
  5. MacIas v. StateArizona Supreme Court · 1931

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