State v. McGuire
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Information for an assault with intent to murder, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and tried to the jury before Case, Jverdict and judgment of guilty, and appeal by the accused. The statute under which the defendant was convicted (General Statutes, § 1146) provides that “every person who shall assault another with intent to commit murder, . . . shall be imprisoned in the state prison not less than ten nor more than thirty years.”
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Information for an assault with intent to murder, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and tried to the jury before Case, Jverdict and judgment of guilty, and appeal by the accused. The statute under which the defendant was convicted (General Statutes, § 1146) provides that “every person who shall assault another with intent to commit murder, . . . shall be imprisoned in the state prison not less than ten nor more than thirty years.” Section 1535 provides that when a person shall be sentenced to the state prison, otherwise than for life or in connection with a sentence of…
1Opinion of the CourtThayer, J.
Section 1535 of the General Statutes is a portion of an Act concerning indeterminate sentences which was passed in 1901. That Act excepts certain cases from its operation, and as to all others where a State prison sentence is provided by then-existing laws, it provides that the court shall not fix a definite term of imprisonment, but shall establish a maximum and minimum term for which the convict may be held in the prison; the maximum term so fixed not to exceed the maximum prescribed by law for the offense of which he has been convicted, and the minimum to be not less than one year. The Act…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Morris v. PlattSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1864
- Eld v. GorhamSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1849
- State v. FiskeSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1893
3Cited by25 opinions
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