Legal Opinion

State v. Crea

Idaho Supreme Court

Decided June 2, 1904PublishedCited by 24 opinions

APPEAL from District Court of Idaho County. Honorable E. C. Steele, Judge. Defendant charged with murder; convicted of manslaughter.

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APPEAL from District Court of Idaho County. Honorable E. C. Steele, Judge. Defendant charged with murder; convicted of manslaughter. Before and after the commencement and during the progress of the trial the court permitted the prosecuting attorney to indorse the name of witnesses upon the information without an affidavit being filed, or any statement made that the said witnesses were unknown to the prosecuting attorney prior to the leave being asked, or any statement made as to what was expected to be proven by said witnesses. (Laws 1899, p. 125, sec. 2; People v. Hall, 48 Mich. 482, 42 Am.…

1Opinion of the Court

SULLIVAN, C. J. —

The defendant was convicted of the crime- of manslaughter. The information on which he was tried and convicted charged him with murder of one Thomas V. McLeod on the eleventh day of January, 1902, by shooting said deceased. The jury found the defendant guilty, of manslaughter, and the judgment of the court was that the defendant serve a term of four years and ten months in the state penitentiary at hard labor. Sixty-four errors are assigned and a new trial demanded. Counsel for appellant discuss first in their brief assignments of error numbers 2, 15, 26, 33 and 63. These all…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. People v. CochranCalifornia Supreme Court · 1882
  2. Bell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1893
  3. State v. ChambersIdaho Supreme Court · 1904
  4. State v. McGannIdaho Supreme Court · 1901
  5. Commonwealth v. MooneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1872

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. State v. HoaglandIdaho Supreme Court · 1924
  2. State v. Van VlackIdaho Supreme Court · 1937
  3. Hopkins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1913
  4. Mortimore v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1916
  5. State v. SilvaIdaho Supreme Court · 1912

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