Legal Opinion
State v. Nunn
Oregon Supreme Court
Decided January 29, 1958PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKester, J.
This is an appeal by defendant from a conviction of first degree murder and judgment of death. Since the jury did not recommend life imprisonment, the sentence of death was mandatory (ORS 163.010).
The charging part of the indictment is as follows:
“The said Billy Junior Nunn on the 19th day of April, 1956, in the said County of Jackson and State of Oregon, then and there being, did then and there unlawfully, wilfully, feloniously, purposely, and of deliberate and premeditated malice, choke and strangle Alvin William Eacret with his hands and with a narrow belt, and did then and there Mil the…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Leland v. OregonSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Leyra v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Lyons v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Fitzpatrick v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- St. Clair v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
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3Cited by46 opinions
- Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Culombe v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Faught Ex Rel. Faught v. WashamSupreme Court of Missouri · 1959
- State v. NeelyOregon Supreme Court · 1965
- State v. SparklinOregon Supreme Court · 1983
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