State v. Ramirez
Idaho Supreme Court
APPEAL from the District Court of tbe Ninth Judicial District, for Madison County. Hon. James G. Gwinn, Judge. Appellant was convicted of murder in the first degree. A witness can only refer to memoranda made by himself, to refresh his memory. (Massey v. Hackett, 12 La.
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APPEAL from the District Court of tbe Ninth Judicial District, for Madison County. Hon. James G. Gwinn, Judge. Appellant was convicted of murder in the first degree. A witness can only refer to memoranda made by himself, to refresh his memory. (Massey v. Hackett, 12 La. Ann. 54; Price v. Garland, 3 N. M. 505, 6 Pac. 472; Dwight v. Cutting, 91 Hun, 38, 36 N. Y. Supp. 99.) A witness .may refresh his memory by a writing only when it was written by the witness, or under his direction, at the time when the fact occurred, or immediately thereafter, or at another time when the fact was fresh in his…
1Opinion of the CourtRice, C. J.
The appellant and Pedro Espinoza were convicted of the murder of Francisco Biscarra in Madison county. Appellant was sentenced to be hanged.
At the trial, during the examination of the sheriff, Mr. Corey, he was questioned as to a conversation which he had carried on in his office with appellant after he had made the arrest. He stated that appellant told him, during the •conversation, that the deceased had gone to El Paso, Texas. *809He was asked whether or not he had told appellant, prior to the time this statement was made, that the body of deceased had been discovered. The sheriff stated that…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Commonwealth v. SturtivantMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1875
- Greenfield v. . People of the State of N.Y.New York Court of Appeals · 1881
- The People v. . GonzalezNew York Court of Appeals · 1866
- State v. MarrenIdaho Supreme Court · 1910
- State v. WelchWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1892
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- State v. DillonIdaho Supreme Court · 1970
- State v. RamirezIdaho Supreme Court · 1921
- State v. McClurgIdaho Supreme Court · 1931
- State v. JurkoIdaho Supreme Court · 1926
- State v. HixIdaho Supreme Court · 1938
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