State v. Dillman
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Lee District Cowt. — W. S. Hamilton, Judge. The indictment charged defendant with having committed the crime of murder in the first degree. He was found guilty of murder in the second degree, and sentenced accordingly. He appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
l. homicide: self-defense: duty to retreat, I. At about 9 o’clock in the evening of September 23, 1916, defendant shot and killed Ed Scarlett. To the indictment charging him with having committed murder in the first degree, he interposed the plea that the shooting was in self-defense. Sev , . _ . ,, eral errors are assigned, and among these, that the evidence was not sufficient to sus tain the verdict, and that, in any event, it should have been for manslaughter only.
The evidence tended to shoiv that, shortly after 8 o’clock in the evening, the defendant and his wife walked over to the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- State v. ArnoldSupreme Court of Iowa · 1861
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