State v. Hillebrand
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court.—Hon. Vital W. Garesche, Judge. (1) Prejudicial error was committed by the assistant circuit attorney in stating in Ms opening argument to the jury that “there was a lot of other acts that he could have mentioned that would have brought him back here just as quick as this one did,” “and why should he single out something as he claims he did not do when there was things that you know and I know that he did do that would have brought…
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court.—Hon. Vital W. Garesche, Judge. (1) Prejudicial error was committed by the assistant circuit attorney in stating in Ms opening argument to the jury that “there was a lot of other acts that he could have mentioned that would have brought him back here just as quick as this one did,” “and why should he single out something as he claims he did not do when there was things that you know and I know that he did do that would have brought him back here;” and in his closing argument, appealing to the passion and prejudice - of the jury in charging that the…
1Opinion of the Court
The grand jurors of the City of St. Louis, Missouri, on October 4, 1918, returned an indictment against Harold J. Hillebrand, wherein he was charged with having killed one Sam Brown under such circumstances as to constitute murder in first degree, and the homicide was alleged to have been committed "feloniously, wilfully, deliberately, premeditatedly and of his malice aforethought."
Defendant was duly arraigned, entered a plea of not guilty, and, on April 8, 1919, was tried, and the jury returned the following verdict:
"We, the jury in the above entitled cause, find the defendant guilty of…
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