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Ohio Supreme Court, 1922

Stockum v. State

Stockum v. State
Ohio Supreme Court · Decided December 26, 1922 · Clark, Hough, Jones, Marshall, Matthias, Robinson, Wanamaker
1 Ohio Law. Abs. 72; 139 N.E. 855; 106 Ohio St. 249; 1922 Ohio LEXIS 242

Stockum v. State

Opinion of the Court

CLARK, J.:

1. The Fifth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States does not control nor is it a limitation upon the criminal procedure -of the several states. (Prescott v. State, 19 Ohio St., 184, approved and followed.)

2. Imprisonment “at hard labor” of a person convicted of an offense under Section 1654, General Code, is lawful and does not violate any provision of the federal or state constitution.

Judgment affirmed.

Marshall, C. J., Hough, Wanamaker, Robinson, Jones and Matthias, JJ., concur.

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