State v. Weese
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from ,Des Moines District Oowt. Thr; defendant was indicted for the murder of Margaret Graeser, committed in the perpetration of robbery and burglary, and upon conviction was sentenced to the penitentiary for life. He now appeals to this court.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
i criminad logreo orfUet: cnme. I. The indictment charges that defendant committed the crime of murder in the perpetration of robbery an<^ burglary. The jury returned a verdict in the following form: “ We, the jury, find the defendant g^lty, as charged in the indictment!” A *93motion in arrest of judgment and for a new trial was made on the ground that the verdict does not specify the degree of the crime, whether murder in the first or second degree, of which defendant is found guilty. The motion was overruled and judgment was rendered upon the verdict. This ruling is the ground of the only…
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