Legal Opinion
State v. Viola
Ohio Court of Appeals
Decided June 6, 1947No. 1147PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
By PHILLIPS, J.
Defendant, Thomas Viola, was indicted by the grand jury of Trumbull County on the fourteenth day of February, 1944, for the murder of James Mancini upon an indictment laid under §12400 GO, which provides:—
“Murder in the first degree. Whoever, purposely, and either of deliberate and premeditated malice, or by means of poison, or in perpetrating or attempting to perpetrate rape, arson, robbery or burglary, kills another is guilty of murder in the first degree and shall be punished by death unless the jury trying the accused recommend mercy, in which case the punishment…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Morris v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1933
- State v. ThomasSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1930
- Kahoun v. StateOhio Court of Appeals · 1929
- State v. NardellaSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1931
- Hornsby v. StateOhio Court of Appeals · 1928
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3Cited by19 opinions
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- Ex Parte JohnsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1986
- State v. JacksonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1973
- State v. WilliamsOhio Court of Appeals · 1969
- Lester v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1966
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