Legal Opinion
Slansky v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided January 13, 1949No. [No. 61, October Term, 1948.]PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDelaplaine, J.
Jack Slansky was tried by a jury in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County on the statutory charge of bigamy. Code 1939, art. 27, sec. 19. The State showed that on August 31, 1940, the defendant married Sima Lehrman in New York City, and on April 26, 1946, he married Juliet Warmack in Hyattsville. He did not take the stand, but rested his defense on a decree of divorce granted to him by the Second Judicial District Court of the State of Nevada in and for the County of Washoe on April 20, 1946. The State challenged the validity of the decree, and the jury rendered a verdict of guilty.…
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3Cited by66 opinions
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