Legal Opinion · Dissent

State v. Miller

Idaho Supreme Court

Decided March 10, 1939No. 6633Published

1Dissent

GIVENS, J.,

Dissenting. — The substance of appellant’s assignment of error as to the court’s ruling and remark dur*87ing the impaneling of the jury, as argued in his brief, challenged the comment, not the ruling, and I agree the comment was not harmful.

Conceding that specific instances may not be shown to prove reputation, even a superficial perusal of the record shows no prejudice resulted from the slight infraction of the rule herein, in which event a reversal is not justified. (State v. Gallagher, 14 Ida. 656, 94 Pac. 581; State v. Ray, 32 Ida. 363, 182 Pac. 857; State v. Bubis, 39 Ida. 376,…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. State v. MartinezIdaho Supreme Court · 1926
  2. State v. OrrIdaho Supreme Court · 1933
  3. State v. RedingIdaho Supreme Court · 1932
  4. State v. WalnIdaho Supreme Court · 1905
  5. State v. MushrowIdaho Supreme Court · 1919

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