State v. Ruther
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Defendant was indicted by the grand jury of Rice county for the crime of murder in the first degree. ‘Defendant’s motion to quash the indictment on the ground that his wife Josephine appeared before the grand jury and gave testimony in the cause without his consent contrary to subdivision 1 of section 2375, G-. S. 1913, was denied.
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Defendant was indicted by the grand jury of Rice county for the crime of murder in the first degree. ‘Defendant’s motion to quash the indictment on the ground that his wife Josephine appeared before the grand jury and gave testimony in the cause without his consent contrary to subdivision 1 of section 2375, G-. S. 1913, was denied. The case was tried before Childress, J., and a jury which returned a verdict of guilty as charged in the indictment. /Before sentence defendant’s motion that the case be certified to the supreme court was granted and the case was certified.
1Per curiam
The question certified in this cause, namely, whether the trial court erred in denying defendant’s motion to quash the indictment therein on the ground that his wife was required by the state to give evidence against him before the grand jury, was decided adversely to defendant’s contention in *489the recent case of State v. Marshall, 140 Minn. 363, 168 N. W. 174, wherein the fact complained of was held not fatal to the indictment. That decision controls this case. The question certified herein is therefore answered in the negative and the cause remanded to the court below for such further…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State v. MarshallSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1918
3Cited by3 opinions
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- In Re Estate of LeboriusSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1946
- State v. KotlarekSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1968