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Shaughnessy v. State

Arizona Supreme Court

Decided May 4, 1934No. Criminal No. 798PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtRoss, C. J.

George Joseph Shaughnessy was informed against in the superior court of Santa Cruz county for the murder of one Lon -Blankenship. Pie demurred to the information on the ground that it failed to state a public offense. The demurrer being overruled, he entered a plea of guilty. The court thereafter took evidence for the purpose of determining the punishment to be inflicted. The sentence was that defendant suffer death by hanging.

Before pronouncing sentence and judgment, the defendant moved in arrest of judgment on the ground that the information stated no public offense.

The defendant assigns…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. People v. SuesserCalifornia Supreme Court · 1904
  2. Winston v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
  3. Winston v. United States. Strather v. Same. Smith v. SameSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
  4. Hernandez v. StateArizona Supreme Court · 1934
  5. MacIas v. StateArizona Supreme Court · 1931

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. State v. SchaafArizona Supreme Court · 1991
  2. State v. FentonArizona Supreme Court · 1959
  3. Douglass v. StateArizona Supreme Court · 1934
  4. State of Wyo. v. Cleveland BrownWyoming Supreme Court · 1944
  5. State v. JanovicArizona Supreme Court · 1966

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