Legal Opinion

Ruse v. State

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided April 19, 1917No. 23,128PublishedCited by 22 opinions

From Howard Circuit Court; A. B. Kirkpatrick, Special Judge. Prosecution by the State of Indiana against Thomas A. Ruse. From a judgment of conviction, the defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtSpencer, J.

Appellant was tried and convicted on an indictment which charges him with violation of §2322 Burns 1914, Acts 1913 p. 119. In prosecuting this appeal he assigns error in the overruling of his motion for a new trial and, under this assignment, first challenges the action of the circuit court in refusing to give his' requested instruction No. 13.

In order more readily to understand the purpose of this instruction it is important to note briefly certain circumstances connected with the trial of the cause. Oh the voir dire examination, the prosecuting attorney was permitted, over the objection of…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. People v. PfanschmidtIllinois Supreme Court · 1914
  2. Pedigo v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1898
  3. Stout v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1910
  4. Brott v. StateNebraska Supreme Court · 1903
  5. Town of New Castle v. GrubbsIndiana Supreme Court · 1908

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Terrell v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1968
  2. State v. GrbaSupreme Court of Iowa · 1923
  3. State v. DowellIdaho Supreme Court · 1929
  4. Buck v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1943
  5. Copley v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1925

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