Legal Opinion

McDonel v. State

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided May 15, 1883No. 11,190PublishedCited by 32 opinions

From the Criminal Court of Allen County.

1Opinion of the CourtHammond, J.

— Indictment charging the appellant with murder in the first degree. A trial by jury resulted in conviction, fixing the death penalty as the punishment. Over appellant’s motion for a new trial, and exception to the ruling, judgment was pronounced upon the verdict.

The record properly presents many questions as to the rulings of the trial court, but, regarding all others as waived, we will consider such only as appellant’s counsel have discussed in this court:

1. The indictment was returned April 7th, 1883, and the trial began pn the 7th of the following month. Three days after the return of the…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. BrownMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1876
  2. State v. . GrahamSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1876
  3. The People v. . GonzalezNew York Court of Appeals · 1866
  4. Cory v. CarterIndiana Supreme Court · 1874
  5. Oliver v. PateIndiana Supreme Court · 1873

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3Cited by32 opinions

  1. Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway Co. v. WoodIndiana Supreme Court · 1887
  2. Union Mutual Life Insurance v. BuchananIndiana Supreme Court · 1885
  3. Woods v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1954
  4. State v. OgdenOregon Supreme Court · 1901
  5. Russell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1920

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