Legal Opinion
Swain v. State
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided February 9, 1939No. 27,134PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtShake, J.
Appellant was indicted, tried, and convicted of murder in the first degree while in the perpetration of a robbery, and sentenced to death. He prosecuted an appeal to this court, which affirmed the case on June 7, 1938. Swain v. State (1938), 214 Ind. 412, 15 N. E. (2d) 381. Thereafter, he filed in the court below a petition for a writ of error coram nobis. The state answered by general denial; evidence was heard; and the petition was denied. The appellant has again appealed to this court.
The verified petition for a writ of error coram nobis recites that on or about November 27, 1937,…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Strauder v. West VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Norris v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Carter v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Sanders v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1882
- Goodwin v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1883
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Flowers v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1956
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- State v. WallaceOregon Supreme Court · 1942
- Ex Parte LeeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1946
- Badgley v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1948
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