James v. State
Wyoming Supreme Court
ERROR to the District Court, Sweetwater County, Hon. John R. Arnold, Judge. Prank James was convicted of murder in the first degree, and he brings error. The material facts are stated in the opinion. Defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to suffer death; he was deprived of his constitutional rights to a fair and impartial trial and the cause should be reversed.
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ERROR to the District Court, Sweetwater County, Hon. John R. Arnold, Judge. Prank James was convicted of murder in the first degree, and he brings error. The material facts are stated in the opinion. Defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to suffer death; he was deprived of his constitutional rights to a fair and impartial trial and the cause should be reversed. (Parker v. State, 24 Wyo. 500.) This rule was held to apply even though exceptions were not taken to all errors committed at the trial. There was insufficient time allowed counsel appointed to conduct the…
1Opinion of the CourtKimball, J.
The plaintiff in error, a negro, to whom we shall hereinafter refer as defendant, was convicted by an unqualified verdict of the crime of murder in the first degree, and sentenced to suffer death.
The attorney-general, on behalf of the state, concedes error upon the point which controls our disposition of the ease, but we have deemed it proper to give full consideration to the questions which are raised.
It is contended that the information was invalid, and the court without jurisdiction to hear the case on its merits, because no preliminary examination was had or *384waived. The question whether…
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