People v. Plummer
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the Fourteenth Judicial District, County of Nevada. The defendant was indicted and convicted of the crime of murder, in the second degree. After the defendant was arraigned and plead, Ms counsel moved the Court for a change of- venue.
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Appeal from the District Court of the Fourteenth Judicial District, County of Nevada. The defendant was indicted and convicted of the crime of murder, in the second degree. After the defendant was arraigned and plead, Ms counsel moved the Court for a change of- venue. This motion was based on the ground that a fair and impartial trial could not be had in the county, owing to the prejudice and feeling existing against the defendant, and was supported by a number of affidavits. The motion was argued, and taken under advisement by the Court. The Court then adjourned until the next day. On the…
1Opinion of the CourtTerry, C. J.
The defendant was convicted, before the District Court of llevada county, of the crime of murder in the second degree, and, his application for a new trial having been denied, appeals to this Court.
There are several objections taken to the legality of the mode of empanneling the Grand Jury, as well as to the refusal of the Court to permit certain questions to be asked of individual jurors, which we do not think well taken, nor do we think it is necessary to examine these questions separately or at length, as they involve no principle not already passed upon.
There was no error in postponing…
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