Legal Opinion
State v. Frohner
Ohio Supreme Court
Decided July 21, 1948No. 31287PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtTurner, J.
Two boys, wbo had thumbed a ride from a total stranger, murdered him in cold blood in order to steal his automobile for the purpose of using the automobile in a planned kidnaping. They were apprehended, indicted by a grand jury, plead not guilty, later appeared in court with attorneys of their own choosing, withdrew pleas of not guilty, plead guilty as charged in the indictment, waived trial by jury and consented to be tried by a court of three judges. After the court had explained the effect of their waiver of a jury trial and their constitutional right to be tried by a jury, the boys…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Patton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- State v. FerrantoOhio Supreme Court · 1925
- Hallinger v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Kearney v. CaseSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
- State v. KaufmanSupreme Court of Iowa · 1879
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3Cited by33 opinions
- State v. SmithOhio Supreme Court · 1997
- State v. SmithOhio Supreme Court · 1997
- State v. IaconaOhio Supreme Court · 2001
- State v. StatenOhio Supreme Court · 1969
- State v. ButtsOhio Court of Appeals · 1996
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