Ohama v. State
Wyoming Supreme Court
Error to District Court, Lincoln County; Hon. David H. Craig, Judge. T. Ohama was convicted of murder in the first degree and brings error. The material facts are stated in the opinion. It is true that no exceptions were taken by counsel for defendant at the trial and it would appear from the rules that have been observed in this and other appellate courts, that there is nothing before the court for review.
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Error to District Court, Lincoln County; Hon. David H. Craig, Judge. T. Ohama was convicted of murder in the first degree and brings error. The material facts are stated in the opinion. It is true that no exceptions were taken by counsel for defendant at the trial and it would appear from the rules that have been observed in this and other appellate courts, that there is nothing before the court for review. Present counsel for defendant had nothing to do with the trial; defendant was convicted, sentenced and is now awaiting execution; the record discloses that by reason of the neglect or…
1Opinion of the Court
Potter, Chief Justice.
The plaintiff in error was charged with the crime of murder in the first degree and convicted of that crime by an unqualified verdict and sentenced to suffer death. The case is here on error and is in somewhat the same condi*516tion as the Parker and Cir.ej cases this day decided. It was tried at the same term of court, and the- same instructions were given as in those cases defining premeditated malice and explaining the right of the jury to qualify its verdict, if murder in the first degree, by adding thereto, “without capital punishment.” No exception was taken 'to either…
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2Cases cited3 opinions
- State v. WrightSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1900
- Schlencker v. StateNebraska Supreme Court · 1879
- People v. . PallisterNew York Court of Appeals · 1893
3Cited by13 opinions
- Hays v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1974
- State v. BraleyOregon Supreme Court · 1960
- Espy v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1939
- Gardner v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1921
- Loy v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1919
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