State v. Sterrett
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Louisa District Court'. The defendant was convicted of the crime of manslaughter, and sentenced to a term of imprisonment in the penitentiary.
1Opinion of the CourtReed, J.
This case has once before been in this court. See 68 Iowa, 76. The circumstances of the occurrence in *387question, as shown by the evidence given on the first trial, are set out in the opinion. The evidence on the second trial was not materially different, and there is no necessity for a restatement of the faets.
1. Criminal Evidence: good character of defendant : rebuttal. I. The defendant introduced evidence which tended to prove that his character as a peaceable, orderly and law-abiding person, before the occurrence, had been good. The state,- in rebuttal, was permitted, & . . . * _ against…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- State v. SterrettSupreme Court of Iowa · 1885
- Gordon v. StateSupreme Court of Iowa · 1856
3Cited by18 opinions
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- State v. MelvernWashington Supreme Court · 1903
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- Hamilton v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1896
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