Davenport v. State

Oct 4, 1926
No. 25789.
Reporters:
, ,
Before:
Smith

Notes

The evidence is wholly insufficient ‍‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‍to sustain the verdict of guilty; consequently the peremptory instruction asked ‍‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‍by the appellant should have been granted.*

The verdict of the court ‍‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‍below will be reversed, and the appellant discharged.

Reversed.

Notes

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Corpus Juris-Cyc. References: Criminal Law, ‍‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‍16CJ, p. 935, n. 68 New.