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State v. Suttles

Idaho Supreme Court

Decided January 16, 1907PublishedCited by 16 opinions

APPEAL from the District Court of Fourth Judicial District for Cassia County. Hon. Lyttleton Price, Judge. Defendant was convicted of the crime of rape and appealed from the judgment.

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APPEAL from the District Court of Fourth Judicial District for Cassia County. Hon. Lyttleton Price, Judge. Defendant was convicted of the crime of rape and appealed from the judgment. In order to properly safeguard appellant’s interests, and to furnish him with information which the law contemplates he shall have to assist him in his defense, the court should have complied with section 7826 of the Revised Statutes in regard to challenging jurors, and it was reversible error when this duty was neglected. It was prejudicial error for the trial court to adjourn and to allow the jurors to go…

1Opinion of the CourtAilshie, C. J.

The defendant was convicted of the crime of rape, and sentenced to a term of ten years in the state penitentiary, and has appealed, and presents his case in this court upon the record of conviction commonly designated the judgment-roll. The first two assignments of error are general ones, and call for no specific consideration here. The third, fourth and fifth assignments of error cover, in fact, all the grounds of complaint presented by appellant, and are sufficiently specific to require our special attention. The third and fourth will be considered together. The record in this ease was…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. People v. MortierCalifornia Supreme Court · 1881
  2. People v. GainesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1877
  3. People v. BilesIdaho Supreme Court · 1885
  4. People v. WalterIdaho Supreme Court · 1871
  5. People v. Ah HopIdaho Supreme Court · 1878

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. State v. LundhighIdaho Supreme Court · 1917
  2. State v. ArnoldIdaho Supreme Court · 1924
  3. Estate of Keeley v. OchsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1926
  4. Jackson v. StateIdaho Supreme Court · 1964
  5. State v. LottridgeIdaho Supreme Court · 1916

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