Legal Opinion

Thompson v. State

Nebraska Supreme Court

Decided July 7, 1921No. 21799PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Error to the district court for Stanton county: William V. Allen, Judge.

1Opinion of the Court

Morrissey, C.J. ..Defendant Thompson prosecutes error from a conviction for manslaughter in the district court for Stanton county.

The information filed contained several counts, but, on motion of defendant to require the state to elect on which count the prosecution should proceed, the state elected to stand upon count two, which charged defendant with the murder of Dayton T. 'Chambers while defendant was attempting to perpetrate a robbery. The brief makes a number of assignments of error, but they are all directed *396to the one point, namely, the sufficiency of the information to sustain the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Morgan v. StateNebraska Supreme Court · 1897
  2. Swigart v. GentertNebraska Supreme Court · 1901

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Hopkins v. ReevesSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
  2. Garcia v. StateNebraska Supreme Court · 1955
  3. State v. FullerNebraska Supreme Court · 1979
  4. State v. MontgomeryNebraska Supreme Court · 1974
  5. State v. MastersNebraska Supreme Court · 1994

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