Legal Opinion

State v. Rock

Utah Supreme Court

Decided June 13, 1899PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal from the Third District Court, Salt Lake County, Hon. A. G. Norrell, Judge. March 19, 1898, the prosecuting attorney in Salt Lake County, filed an information against respondent charging him with having committed a crime on the 23d of July, 1895. Defendant filed his demurrer to the information on the grounds: First, that it was filed under the laws of' Utah enacted subsequent to the commission of the offense; second, that under the laws as they existed when the…

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Appeal from the Third District Court, Salt Lake County, Hon. A. G. Norrell, Judge. March 19, 1898, the prosecuting attorney in Salt Lake County, filed an information against respondent charging him with having committed a crime on the 23d of July, 1895. Defendant filed his demurrer to the information on the grounds: First, that it was filed under the laws of' Utah enacted subsequent to the commission of the offense; second, that under the laws as they existed when the offense was committed, an indictment and not an information should be found; third, that the information was not found by a…

1Opinion of the CourtMinee, J.

On March 19, 1898, the prosecuting attorney of Salt Lake county filed an information against the respondent charging him with having committed the crime of fornication in Salt Lake county, on the 23d day of July, 1895, with one Florence H. Hollingsworth.

The defendant filed his demurrer to the information, on the grounds, first, that it was filed under the laws of Utah enacted subsequent to the commission of the offense; second, that under the laws as they existed when the offense was committed, an indictment and not an information should have been found; third, that the information was not…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Thompson v. UtahSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
  2. Duncan v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
  3. State v. HartUtah Supreme Court · 1899
  4. State v. KingslyMontana Supreme Court · 1891

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Sharp v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1909
  2. State v. HernandezUtah Supreme Court · 2011
  3. United States v. HaskellDistrict Court, E.D. Oklahoma · 1909
  4. Hallock v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1911
  5. Edward D. Putty v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1955

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