State v. Keeler
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from, District Court, Gallatin County; Ben B. Law, Judge. Lewis Keeler was convicted of statutory rape, and from the judgment of conviction and an order denying him a new tria], he appeals. The court erred in making an order excluding the public from the trial of the cause over the objection of the defendant. The attention of the court is called to two cases upon this subject, the case of People v. Hartman, 103 Cal. 242, 42 Am.
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Appeal from, District Court, Gallatin County; Ben B. Law, Judge. Lewis Keeler was convicted of statutory rape, and from the judgment of conviction and an order denying him a new tria], he appeals. The court erred in making an order excluding the public from the trial of the cause over the objection of the defendant. The attention of the court is called to two cases upon this subject, the case of People v. Hartman, 103 Cal. 242, 42 Am. St. Rep. 108, 37 Pac. 153, and People v. Murray, 89 Mich. 276, 28 Am. St. Rep. 294, 14 L. R. A. 809, 50 N. W. 995. These two cases distinguish a number of other…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holloway
The appellant, convicted of statutory rape, assigns forty-three alleged errors, presenting seven different grounds upon which he claims the judgment should be reversed. These grounds we shall briefly consider in their order:
1. It is contended the information does not state a public [1] offense because, though charging “rape under the age of consent, ’ ’ in that the appellant did on the day named willfully, unlawfully and feloniously have and accomplish an act of sexual intercourse with and upon the complaining witness, then and there a female under the age of eighteen years, to-wit, of the…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Dutton v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1914
- Kugadt v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1898
- State v. BrooksSupreme Court of Missouri · 1887
- In re ShortridgeCalifornia Supreme Court · 1893
- Myers v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1895
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3Cited by52 opinions
- In Re OliverSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- State v. JustMontana Supreme Court · 1979
- People v. JonesNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
- People v. JelkeNew York Court of Appeals · 1954
- State in Interest of DinoSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1978
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