Legal Opinion

People v. Jackzo

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided May 29, 1919No. Docket No. 118PublishedCited by 33 opinions

Error to Baraga; O’Brien, J. Jess Jackzo was cpnvicted of murder in the first degree, and sentenced to imprisonment for life in the State prison at Marquette.

1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.

The defendant was charged in the information with having, on December 25, 1917, killed and murdered one William Liberty, at the township of Spurr, in the county of Baraga, and State of Michigan. Upon the trial, commenced on January 15, 1918, he was convicted of the crime of murder in the first degree. He was sentenced and is now serving a life sentence in the Marquette prison. He has sued out a writ of error and seeks to obtain a new trial because, of certain alleged errors upon the trial.

The defendant and the deceased, the former a teamster, were both employed in a logging camp located about…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Wellar v. PeopleMichigan Supreme Court · 1874
  2. People v. PotterMichigan Supreme Court · 1858
  3. People v. HallMichigan Supreme Court · 1882
  4. People v. WolfMichigan Supreme Court · 1893
  5. People v. SwetlandMichigan Supreme Court · 1889

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3Cited by33 opinions

  1. People v. MorrinMichigan Court of Appeals · 1971
  2. State v. MintonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1952
  3. People v. AllenMichigan Court of Appeals · 1972
  4. People v. KirbyMichigan Supreme Court · 1923
  5. People v. PorterMichigan Supreme Court · 1934

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