State v. Garrington
South Dakota Supreme Court
Error to. circuit court, Minnehaha county. Hon. Joseph W. Jones, Judge. James A, Garrington was convicted* of murder in the first degree, and he brings error. The facts are stated in the opinion. It was error for the court to allow the state upon the voir dire.of the jurors to enquire if they were conscientiously opposed to capital punishment, and again if they were so opposed where the evidence relied upon for a conviction was circumstantial. § 7, Art. 6, Const.
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Error to. circuit court, Minnehaha county. Hon. Joseph W. Jones, Judge. James A, Garrington was convicted* of murder in the first degree, and he brings error. The facts are stated in the opinion. It was error for the court to allow the state upon the voir dire.of the jurors to enquire if they were conscientiously opposed to capital punishment, and again if they were so opposed where the evidence relied upon for a conviction was circumstantial. § 7, Art. 6, Const. S. D.; 1 Green. Ev. § 13; People v. Ah Chung, 54 Col. 398; Manning v. Ins. Co., 100 U. S. 693. It was prejudicial error to admit…
1Opinion of the CourtHaney, J.
Defendant occupied a small frame building, on Main avenue, in Sioux Palls, consisting of three rooms, all on the ground floor, On the morning of December 8, 1897, two policemen entered the place for the purpose of arresting certain disorderly persons, supposed to be harbored therein, when -they discovered the dead body of Alfred Erikson lying on the floor of one of the rear rooms, attended by unmistakable evidence that he had been killed in the building. Defendant, who was in the front room when this discovery wTas made, was immediately taken into custody, and in due time was • tried, and…
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