Legal Opinion

Earp v. State

Arizona Supreme Court

Decided November 13, 1919No. Criminal No. 471PublishedCited by 6 opinions

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of the County of Yuma. P. L. Ingraham, Judge.

1Opinion of the CourtRoss, J.

The appellant was charged with violating the prohibition laws by information, the accusing part thereof .being as follows:

‘ ‘ The said Bailey Earp, on or about the twenty-seventh day of December, 1918, ... at and in the county of Yuma, state of Arizona, did then and there willfully and unlawfully give, sell, and dispose of intoxicating liquor to another, contrary. ...”

To this information he demurred because, as he alleges “it does not contain a statement of the acts constituting the offense in ordinary and concise language and in such a manner as to enable a person of common understanding to…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. United States v. SimmonsSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  2. Fletcher v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1909
  3. People v. CunninghamCalifornia Supreme Court · 1885
  4. Fehringer v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1915
  5. People v. WebberCalifornia Supreme Court · 1902

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. State v. GradyIdaho Supreme Court · 1965
  2. State v. GallegosArizona Supreme Court · 1965
  3. Palmer v. StateArizona Supreme Court · 1965
  4. State v. MorenoArizona Supreme Court · 1946
  5. State v. HemMontana Supreme Court · 1923

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