Legal Opinion

State v. Cohen

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided April 8, 1899PublishedCited by 35 opinions

Appeal from Blachhawh District Court. — IioN. A. S. Blair, J udge. FroM a judgment convicting bim of the crime of arson, the defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.

1 — The evidence was wholly circumstantial. Thu court, as the eleventh paragraph of the charge, gave this instruction: “The ruling requiring the jury to be satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt of the defendant’s guilt, in order to warrant a conviction, does not require that the jury should be satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt of each link in the chain of- evidence relied upon to establish the defendant’s guilt. It is sufficient, if, taking the testimony all together, the jury are satisfied beyond a reasonable *210doubt that the defendant is guilty.” What the court doubtless intended to say was…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. State v. OstranderSupreme Court of Iowa · 1865
  2. People v. AikinMichigan Supreme Court · 1887
  3. Cowan v. StateNebraska Supreme Court · 1887
  4. State v. HaydenSupreme Court of Iowa · 1876
  5. People v. StubenvollMichigan Supreme Court · 1886

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3Cited by35 opinions

  1. People v. AntommarchiNew York Court of Appeals · 1992
  2. Owens v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1947
  3. Pettine v. Territory of New MexicoCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1912
  4. State v. BlydenburgSupreme Court of Iowa · 1907
  5. State v. WilsonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1913

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