Deutsch v. State

The defendant below, Harry Deutseh, was indicted, tried and convicted of shooting to kill, together with another defendant, John Russo. The crime was committed June 18, 1931. The trial took place in September, 1931. The defendant Russo promptly prosecuted error to the Court of Appeals, but the defendant Deutsch did not do so.

Some time thereafter the case of the defendant Russo came up for hearing in the Court of Appeals, and the Court of Appeals reversed the conviction of the defendant Russo and sent the case back to the court of common pleas for a new trial. After the trial of the Russo…