Court Opinion

ID: 9845348
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 03:19:40.797667+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:16:02.065626
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Mr. Chief Justice Hilliard
dissenting.
Since the record, fully stated and analyzed in the dissenting opinions of Justices Moore and Holland, to which I subscribe, clearly indicates that the unhappy defendant did not have a fair trial, which is the only proper concern of reviewing ministers of justice, I join in. dissenting from the court’s opinion. But as to the respective orders of disposition suggested by the other dissenting justices, differing widely, I agree with that of Justice Moore which would direct the granting of a new trial, well within our province, rather than that of Justice Holland which would change the sentence from the penalty of death imposed by the jury, to life imprisonment at our hands, not permissible, as I am convinced.