Legal Opinion
State v. Triplett
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided November 13, 1956No. 48864PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtThompson, C. J.
Jimmy Bremmers, an eight-year-old boy, disappeared from his home in Sioux City about 8 p.m. on August 31, 1954. His badly decomposed body was found in a field in Plymouth County on September 29 following. Medical testimony at the trial showed that the cause of death was two severe wounds in the head, each of which indented the skull. These wounds, according to the expert testimony, could not have been made by a blow from a hand or fist, but must have been caused by striking with a wooden or metal instrument.
The defendant had been in Sioux City for only a few weeks at the time Jimmy Bremmers…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- McNabb v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Leyra v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Gallegos v. NebraskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- State v. JensenSupreme Court of Iowa · 1954
- People v. LeyraNew York Court of Appeals · 1951
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3Cited by41 opinions
- Culombe v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
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- The People v. CaldwellIllinois Supreme Court · 1968
- State v. LassSupreme Court of Iowa · 1975
- Twyford v. WeberSupreme Court of Iowa · 1974
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