La Porte v. State
Arizona Supreme Court
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of the County of Pima. W. P. Cooper, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtRoss, J.
Appellant appeals from a judgment of conviction of murder in the second degree, and from an order overruling a motion in arrest of judgment. The indictment was found and returned on January 27, 1913, and alleged the commission of the offense in September, 1909. The sentence was for not less than ten nor more than fifty years, upon a plea of guilty of murder in the second degree.
The errors assigned are: (1) There is no law in existence under which judgment and sentence can be imposed; (2) the superior court of the state of Arizona is without jurisdiction in this particular ease.
Under the first…
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