Legal Opinion

State v. Smith

Washington Supreme Court

Decided January 21, 1914No. 11351Published

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Ronald, J., entered April 26, 1913, upon a trial and conviction of forgery.

1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.

The appellant* defendant below, was informed against by the prosecuting attorney of King county for the crime of forgery in the first degree. At the trial, the jury returned a verdict finding him guilty as charged. Thereafter he moved in arrest of judgment, basing his motion on the ground that the facts stated in the information did not constitute a crime. The motion was overruled, and on the verdict of guilty he was adjudged guilty, and sentenced to a term of years in the state penitentiary. This *442appeal is from the judgment and sentence pronounced upon him.

The information upon which the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. WhiteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1888
  2. People v. JohnsonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1907

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