State v. Mooney

The amended information in this case, upon which the defendant was tried, contains two counts. In the first, he was charged with murder in the first degree; in the second, with robbery. The trial resulted in a verdict finding the defendant guilty of murder in the second degree and acquitting him of the charge of robbery. Motions in arrest of judgment and for a new trial were made, both of which were overruled, and from the judgment and sentence the defendant appeals.

The only substantial law question in the case is whether the dying declaration of Ike Turya, whom the appellant was charged with…