People v. O'Neil
Cases that cite this one
9 later published cases cite this decision.
- People v. Rivera (Supreme Court of Puerto Rico 1904)
- Mayberry v. State (Okla. Crim. App. 1951)
- State v. Loveless (Nev. 1943)
- People v. Sachau (Cal. Ct. App. 1926)
- State v. Noah (N.D. 1910)
- McLane v. Territory (Ariz. 1903)
- People v. Bannister (Cal. 1893)
- People v. Colón (Supreme Court of Puerto Rico 1909)
- People v. Lee Yune Chong (Cal. 1892)
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Opinion of the Court
Appellant was tried upon an information which alleged that he feloniously, unlawfully, and with malice aforethought, killed and murdered one Philip Stump. The jury returned a verdict in these words: “We, the jury, decide the defendant, John H. O’Neil, guilty as charged, the penalty to be imprisonment for life.” The code provides that “ whenever a crime is distinguished into degrees, the jury, if they convict the defendant, must find the degree of the crime of which he is guilty.” It has been uniformly held that a failure
The attorney-general confesses error.
Judgment and order reversed, and cause remanded, for a new trial.
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