Legal Opinion
State v. Calhoun
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided October 7, 1887PublishedCited by 57 opinions
Appeal from Mahaska District Court. DEFENDANT was indicted, and convicted of robbery, and now appeals to this court.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
I. We will consider and dispose of the objections urged to the judgment of the district court in the order of their discussion in counsel’s argument. The court below gave to the jury the following instructions:
“ (2) It is provided by our statutes that e if any person with force or violence, or by putting in fear, steal and take from the person of another any property that is the subject of larceny, he is guilty of robbery.’
“ (3) Under this statutory provision, it is not essential that the stealing and taking, if any, was literally from the person, or, in other words, that the property, if…
2Cited by57 opinions
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- Foster v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1983
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