Legal Opinion
State v. Gottstein
Washington Supreme Court
Decided July 16, 1920No. 15830PublishedCited by 25 opinions
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Hall, J., entered May 3, 1919, upon a trial and conviction of murder.
1Opinion of the CourtTolman, J.
Appellant was, by information filed in the superior court for King county, charged with the crime of murder in the first degree. From a verdict of guilty of murder in the second degree and a judgment and sentence based thereon, the case is brought here for review on appeal.
The first assignment of error is that the court erred in refusing to submit to the jury by proper instructions the crime of manslaughter. In State v. Palmer, 101 Wash. 396, 176 Pac. 517, it is said:
“It would seem from this that the voluntary killing upon sudden heat, which was formerly included in the crime of manslaughter,…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- People v. DoyellCalifornia Supreme Court · 1874
- State v. KrugerWashington Supreme Court · 1910
- State v. BlaineWashington Supreme Court · 1911
- State v. HendricksSupreme Court of Kansas · 1884
- Stolp v. BlairIllinois Supreme Court · 1873
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3Cited by25 opinions
- United States v. ClarkUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1952
- State v. DavisWashington Supreme Court · 1940
- State v. WilsonOregon Supreme Court · 1948
- State v. SpeeceWashington Supreme Court · 1990
- State v. HealdSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1972
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