State v. Nyhus
North Dakota Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Steele county; Pollock, J. Henry Nyhus was convicted of the crime of rape, and appeals. Accused must be accorded a speedy public trial. Cooley on Const. Lim. (Cth Ed.) 379; People v. Murray, 50 N. W. 995; People v. Yeager, 71 N. W. 491; State v. Plensley, 75 Ohio St. 255, 9 L. R. A. (N. S.) 277; People v. Hartman, 103 Cal. 242, 37 Pac. 153. Reference to supposed collateral crime is improper.
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Appeal from District Court, Steele county; Pollock, J. Henry Nyhus was convicted of the crime of rape, and appeals. Accused must be accorded a speedy public trial. Cooley on Const. Lim. (Cth Ed.) 379; People v. Murray, 50 N. W. 995; People v. Yeager, 71 N. W. 491; State v. Plensley, 75 Ohio St. 255, 9 L. R. A. (N. S.) 277; People v. Hartman, 103 Cal. 242, 37 Pac. 153. Reference to supposed collateral crime is improper. Territory v. O’Hare, 1 N. D. 30, 44 N. W. 1003 ; State v. Kent, 5 N. D. 557, 62 N. W. 631; State v. Roxum, 8 N. D. 548; State v. Ekanger, S N. D. 559; Van Bokkelein v. Berdell,…
1Opinion of the CourtMorgan, C. J.
Defendant was informed against by the state’s attorney of Steele county for the crime of rape in the first degree, alleged to have been committed upon the person of a female under 14 years of age on the 20th day of August, 1908. The defendant plead “not guilty,” and, after a trial, the jury found him guilty of the offense charged. After making a motion for a new trial upon various grounds hereinafter to be noticed, the same was denied, and the defendant sentenced to imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a term of five years.
The grounds relied upon for a reversal of the judgment in this…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- State v. KentNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1896
- Kugadt v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1898
- State v. BrooksSupreme Court of Missouri · 1887
- People v. HartmanCalifornia Supreme Court · 1894
- People v. MurrayMichigan Supreme Court · 1891
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