State v. Popa
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court of Valley Countyj John Surly, Judge. George Popa was convicted of murder in the second degree and appeals from the judgment of conviction.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holloway
On May 28, 1917, George Kozocar was shot and instantly killed while at his home in Valley county. The defendant was accused of having murdered him, was tried and convicted of murder in the second degree, and has appealed from the judgment. The brief of his counsel is devoted to a discussion of the sufficiency of the evidence and certain rulings of the trial court admitting and excluding evidence.
The persons present at the time of the tragedy were all foreigners, presumably Roumanians, apparently of a very low order of intelligence. Most of them did not speak or understand the English language…
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