Legal Opinion

State v. Morehart

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided July 8, 1921No. 22,489PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Defendant was indicted by the grand jury of Bine Earth county charged with the crime of carnally knowing and abusing a female child under the age of 18 years, plead guilty to the crime of attempting to commit the crime charged and on motion of the county attorney adjudged guilty and sentenced by Comstock, J. From the judgment of the court, defendant appealed.

1Opinion of the Court

Lees, C.

Defendant applied for and was given leave to enter a plea of guilty of the crime of attempting to have carnal knowledge of a girl 16 years old. The court sentenced him to confinement in the county jail of Blue Earth county for the term of four months “and further and in addition thereto * * * to pay the costs taxed by the state in the sum of two hundred ninety-nine dollars and that [he] be confined in the county jail * * * until such costs be paid, not exceeding the term of six months in all.” Defendant appealed from the judgment. He contends: (1) That the court had no power to…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Board of County Commissioners v. Board of County CommissionersSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1901
  2. Mathews v. Board of County CommissionersSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1903
  3. State v. HjerpeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1909
  4. Steenerson v. Board of County CommissionersSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1897
  5. State v. McKinleySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1911

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Gleckman v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1935
  2. United States v. Ralph W. RossCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1976
  3. Arnold v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1957
  4. People v. TeasdaleMichigan Supreme Court · 1952
  5. State v. McCarthySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1960

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