Legal Opinion

State v. More

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided December 20, 1901PublishedCited by 16 opinions

Appeal from Taylor District Court. — Hon. H. M. Towner, Judge. The defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him of adultery.

1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.

1 The court, over defendant’s objections, admitted evidence of his undue familiarity with Edith •Schrader, and of facts from which sexual intercourse with her might be inferred, occurring subsequent to the act of adultery for which the state elected to prosecute.

*179And some of tbe acts appear to have been accomplished in the neighboring state of Nebraska. In State v. Smith, 108 Iowa, 440, it was pointed ont that in neither State v. Donovan, 61 Iowa, 278, nor State v. Oden, 100 Iowa, 22, did the court pass on the admissibility of such evidence. In each the rule excluding it is conceded, rather…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. People v. JennesMichigan Supreme Court · 1858
  2. Thayer v. ThayerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1869
  3. Lawson v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1852
  4. Commonwealth v. BellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1895
  5. State v. BridgmanSupreme Court of Vermont · 1876

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. State v. KingSupreme Court of Iowa · 1902
  2. People v. . ThompsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1914
  3. State v. MunzSupreme Court of Iowa · 1984
  4. State v. HastySupreme Court of Iowa · 1903
  5. State v. BeltzSupreme Court of Iowa · 1938

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