McNulty v. California
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. This was a motion to dismiss. The case- is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fuller
Plaintiff in error was tried for the murder of one Collins on March 25, 1888, convicted and sentenced to be hanged. From the judgment of conviction he prosecuted an appeal to the Supreme Court of the State of California, which on May 1, 1891, affirmed the judgment of the court below. On May 27, the Supreme Court, of its own motion Set aside the judgment of affirmance solely on the ground, as shown by the record, that the cause might “ be argued upon the question of effect and operation of the recent amendment to the penal code respecting the execution of a sentence of death.” The cause having…
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