Legal Opinion
State v. Gratz
Oregon Supreme Court
Decided November 26, 1969PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPerry, C. J.
The defendant Victor Thomas Gratz was charged in two separate counts in a single indictment with armed robbery of the persons of Catherine Helzer in Count 1 and Georgie Drinkard in Count 2. Both crimes are alleged as arising out of the same transaction.
The defendant demurred to the indictment and the demurrer was sustained by the trial court. The state appeals.
The trial court apparently sustained the demurrer upon the theory that the armed robbery of two persons at the same-time and place constituted the commission of but a single crime. The charging part of the indictment is as follows:
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2Cases cited10 opinions
- Hoag v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- State v. HoagSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1956
- People v. RodgersAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1918
- State v. ClarkOregon Supreme Court · 1905
- Keeton v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1892
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3Cited by28 opinions
- State v. CloutierOregon Supreme Court · 1979
- Vigil v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1977
- State v. BresolinCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1975
- Davenport v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1975
- State v. LinthwaiteOregon Supreme Court · 1983
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