Legal Opinion

State v. Rasco

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided February 6, 1912PublishedCited by 51 opinions

Appeal from Nodaway Circuit Court. — How. Wm. C. Ellison, Judge. (1) The court erred in overruling defendant’s application for a change of venue. State v. Goddard, 146 Mo. 181; State v. Streight, 138 S. W. 742. (2) The court erred in overruling’ defendant’s motion for a continuance.

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Appeal from Nodaway Circuit Court. — How. Wm. C. Ellison, Judge. (1) The court erred in overruling defendant’s application for a change of venue. State v. Goddard, 146 Mo. 181; State v. Streight, 138 S. W. 742. (2) The court erred in overruling’ defendant’s motion for a continuance. State v. Warren, 94 Mo. 648; State v. Hesterly, 182 Mo. 16; State v. Neiderer, 94 Mo. 79; State v. Loe, 98 Mo. 613; State v. Berkley, 99 Mo. 41; State v. Maddox, 117 Mo. 667; State v. Martin, 230 Mo. 668; State v. Anderson, 96 Mo. 253. (3) The court erred in overruling defendant’s challenges to jurors Hayes, Jones…

1Opinion of the CourtFerriss, P. J.

— Upon an information charging mnrder in the first degree the defendant was convicted in the circuit court of Nodaway county, on February 9', 1911, of the murder of Ocla Hubbell, and sentenced to the death penalty.

The deceased, Oda Hubbell, thirty years old, lived with his wife and two small children in á cottage about two miles distant from the town of Guilford, in Nod-away county. On Sunday evening, November 20, 1910', this cottage was burned, and with it the bodies of the deceased, his wife and two children. The children were nearly consumed, nothing being found save some of their bones.…

2Cases cited29 opinions

  1. State v. HydeSupreme Court of Missouri · 1911
  2. State v. BrooksSupreme Court of Missouri · 1887
  3. State v. BarringtonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1906
  4. State v. TaylorSupreme Court of Missouri · 1896
  5. State v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1893

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3Cited by51 opinions

  1. State v. CuckovichSupreme Court of Missouri · 1972
  2. State v. McGeeSupreme Court of Missouri · 1935
  3. People v. PfanschmidtIllinois Supreme Court · 1914
  4. State v. MessinoSupreme Court of Missouri · 1930
  5. State v. FieldsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1968

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