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Washington Supreme Court· 7/24/1899

State v. Nordstrom

Citations

  • 21 Wash. 403
  • 53 L.R.A. 584
  • 58 P. 248
  • 1899 Wash. LEXIS 299

Syllabus

<p>CRIMINAL LAW — INSANITY ARISING AFTER SENTENCE — INQUISITION— DISCRETION OF COURT.</p> <p>Where, after sentence of death upon a prisoner, his insanity is alleged, and the court has satisfied itself of the prisoner’s sanity, either through its own examination or through that of a commission appointed for the purpose, the action of the court in refusing the prisoner a trial in which he would have the right to be represented by counsel and to examine witnesses, is not reviewable on appeal.</p>

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  • interpreting Laws of 1893, ch. 61, § 1(7) — the identically worded predecessor to RAP 2.2(a)(13)

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