25 S.D. 451 | S.D. | 1910
Upon an information -duly filed by the state’s attorney of Minnehaha county, the defendant was -tried and convicted of the crime of robbery in the second degree, and from the judgment entered therein the defendant has appealed to this court. It is contended by -the Attorney General that the record contains no assignment of errors so far as appears by the abstract, and hence there is nothing before this court to- review. An examination of the abstract discloses the fact -that an appeal from the judgment was taken to this court on the 12th day of Jaunary, 1909, but no assignment of errors appears in the abstract, and we are of the opinion, therefore, that the contention of the Attorney General is correct. Section 489 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in relation to the return to a writ of error provides as follows: “Upon the writ of error being sued out, the clerk of the court upon whom it.is served, must, within ten days thereafter or within such reasonable time as may be allowed to him, transmit to the clerk of the supreme court the writ with his return thereon, to which shall be annexed and returned an authenticated copy of the record of this action as mentioned in section 453j and of all bills of exception, together with an assignment of errors and prayer for reversal.” And rule 7 (22 S. D. 3, 124 N. W. viii) of this court in force at the time this appeal was taken, relating to writs of error, contains substantially the same provisions. And section 497 of the Criminal Code provides : “When the writ is called for argument, the plaintiff in error must furnish each member of the court with a copy of the record of the action, bills of exception, and of the assignment of errors. If he fails to do so, the writ must be dismissed, unless, for cause shown, the. court otherwise direct.” In 19.07 the law
We are clearly of the opinion, -therefore, that the rule applicable to assignment of errors in civil cases should be applied to criminal cases, and, there being no- assignment of errors in the case at bar, the judgment of the circuit court is affirmed.