Legal Opinion

State v. Gilliland

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided November 11, 1919PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal from Ringgold District Coxvrt. — Homer A. Fuller, Judge. The defendant appeals from a judgment of conviction in the district court of Ringgold County, of the crime of resorting to a house of ill fame for the purpose of lewdness.

1Opinion of the CourtStevens, J.

1. Frostitdiion : nature of “resorting instructions. I. The indictment charges that the defendant resorted to a house of . ill fame, kept by Addie Zornes • and Laura Swisher, in Mt. Ayr, Ringgold County, for the purpose of lewdness. Many criticisms are urged against a number of the court’s instructions. The court, in its eighth instruction, stated that the burden rested upon the State to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the *796house in question was visited by persons of both sexes, for the purpose of having sexual intercourse. The ground of appellant’s objection to this instruction is that…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. State v. DudleySupreme Court of Iowa · 1910
  2. State v. FoxtonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1914
  3. Hackett v. Freeman & GravesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1897
  4. State v. LoserSupreme Court of Iowa · 1905
  5. State v. BaughmanSupreme Court of Iowa · 1900

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. State v. VoelpelSupreme Court of Iowa · 1929
  2. State v. WhiteSupreme Court of Iowa · 1928
  3. State v. WehdeSupreme Court of Iowa · 1938
  4. State v. SampsonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1935
  5. State v. LewisSupreme Court of Iowa · 1939

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