Legal Opinion

State v. Armstrong

Washington Supreme Court

Decided February 9, 1906No. 5932PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Chehalis county, Irwin, J., entered June 6,1905, upon the motion of the state, dismissing a petition for a writ of error coram nobis to set aside a judgment of conviction of the crime of murder.

1Opinion of the CourtRoot, J.

The appellant was informed against in the trial court on a charge of murder in the first degree, and a verdict finding him guilty thereof returned. Motion for a new trial was made and denied, and judgment entered on the verdict. An appeal from the judgment was taken to this court, where an affirmance was had. Thereafter appellant filed in the superior court a petition for a writ coram nobis, alleging therein that one Robert Lowry, who was one of the members of the jury\before whom appellant was tried, and who on his voir dire had stated that he was not acquainted with appellant, had never…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Dobbs v. StateSupreme Court of Kansas · 1901
  2. Collins v. StateSupreme Court of Kansas · 1903
  3. State ex rel. Davis v. Superior CourtWashington Supreme Court · 1896

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. People v. DryschIllinois Supreme Court · 1924
  2. Humphreys v. StateWashington Supreme Court · 1924
  3. Chesser v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1926
  4. Barton v. SmithCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1947
  5. Hampson v. SmithCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1945

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