State v. Geier
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Keokuk District Court. — Hon. Benj. McCoy, Judge. The defendant was indicted for murder in the first degree, and on trial was convicted of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for the term of fifteen years. From this judgment the defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtGiven, J.
I. The evidence shows without conflict that on the evening of August 12, 1898, the defendant shot and killed Mathias Morhain. The (¿aims of the appellant are that W. D. Adams, who sat as one of the jurors, was disqualified; that the defendant was not mentally responsible for the act at the time he did the shooting; and that the court erred in refusing an instruction asked by the defendant, to the effect that under the evidence the defendant could not be convicted of murder in the first degree.
1 II. The juror Adams, on examination as to his qualifications to sit as a juror, testified to the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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