Williams v. State
Nebraska Supreme Court
Error to the district court for Jefferson county. Tried below before Bush, J. The practice of giving instructions detailing the evidence and calling the attention of the jury to particular portions of the testimony, thus giving such testimony undue prominence, has been disapproved.- (City of Lincoln v. Beckman, 23 Neb., 677 ; Marion v. State, 20 Neb., 233; Long v. State, 23 Neb., 33; Market v. Moudy, 11 Neb., 213; Burley v. Marsh, 11 Neb., 291; Kersenbrock v. Martin, 12…
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Error to the district court for Jefferson county. Tried below before Bush, J. The practice of giving instructions detailing the evidence and calling the attention of the jury to particular portions of the testimony, thus giving such testimony undue prominence, has been disapproved.- (City of Lincoln v. Beckman, 23 Neb., 677 ; Marion v. State, 20 Neb., 233; Long v. State, 23 Neb., 33; Market v. Moudy, 11 Neb., 213; Burley v. Marsh, 11 Neb., 291; Kersenbrock v. Martin, 12 Neb., 376.)
1Opinion of the Court
Ragan, C.
In the district court of Jefferson county,George Williams was convicted of the crime of murder in the second degree for the killing of one Charles A. Smiley and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for thirteen years. Williams brings the judgment of the district court here for review.
Of the errors assigned and argued we shall notice only one. Williams’ defense was in substance that at the time he committed the homicide he was temporarily insane, being then and there deeply intoxicated and in a state of frenzied excitement resulting from such intoxication, and a vile and…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Long v. StateNebraska Supreme Court · 1888
- Marion v. StateNebraska Supreme Court · 1886
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- Markel v. MoudyNebraska Supreme Court · 1881
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