Legal Opinion

Gipe v. State

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided November 1, 1905No. 20,575PublishedCited by 43 opinions

Erom Henry Circuit Court; John M. Morris, Judge. Prosecution by tbe State of Indiana against Ollie Gipe for murder. From a judgment of conviction for involuntary manslaughter, defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtGillett, J.

Appellant was charged by indictment with the murder of one Mollie Starbuck and her infant child. There was a verdict of involuntary manslaughter, on which judgment was pronounced.

The first question which this appeal presents is whether the trial court erred in admitting as dying declarations certain statements of said Mollie Starbuck. On Saturday night, between the hours of 9 and 10 o’clock, said decedent *435was found, in a frenzied condition, with said infant, in a shallow well, situate about one thousand feet to the rear of her house. She and the child were the only members of her family who…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. McLean v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1849
  2. Taylor v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1891
  3. Starkey v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1855
  4. Green v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1900
  5. State v. SmithSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1851

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3Cited by43 opinions

  1. State v. ChristenerSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1976
  2. Barker v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1958
  3. Hicks v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1937
  4. Stephenson v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1932
  5. State v. TurnbowNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1960

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