Azbill v. State
Arizona Supreme Court
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of the county of Coconino. P. W. Perkins, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtBoss, J.
The appellants assign as error the order overruling the demurrer to the information, for the reason it does not set forth the means or instrument used in inflicting the mortal blow, "and does not describe the wounds. Whatever the rule in this regard may be in other jurisdictions, it is at rest here. The indictment or information is not bad in failing to describe the means employed to effect death, or in failing to describe the wounds causing death. Molina v. Territory, 12 Ariz. 14, 95 Pac. 102; People v. Suesser, 142 Cal. 354, 75 Pac. 1093. We early adopted the California criminal procedure…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- People v. SuesserCalifornia Supreme Court · 1904
- Peyton v. StateNebraska Supreme Court · 1898
- Molina v. Territory of ArizonaArizona Supreme Court · 1908
- State v. FenlasonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1886
- Barbe v. Territory of OklahomaSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1906
3Cited by11 opinions
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- State v. BerryArizona Supreme Court · 1966
- Singh v. StateArizona Supreme Court · 1929
- State v. GabrilloHawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals · 1994
- State v. MillerArizona Supreme Court · 1950
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